London: NASA scientists have discovered an eight lakh kilometer long 'solar whip' on the surface of the Sun and have warned that some radiation from it is headed for the Earth today.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has captured a very long, whip-like solar filament in a long arc above the Sun's surface, the Daily Mail reported.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's space weather prediction centre has estimated that a cloud of radiation from the eruption will reach the Earth today.
The radiation cloud will create a minor to moderate geomagnetic storm, bringing the northern lights to parts of North America.
A 'solar whip' or filament is caused when a red glowing loop of plasma erupts, releasing the plasma out in huge loops hundreds of thousands of miles into space.
The image and video of the filament released by NASA, covers August 6 to 8, 2012.
"Towards the end of the video part of the filament seems to break away, but its basic length and shape seem to have remained mostly intact," NASA said.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has captured a very long, whip-like solar filament in a long arc above the Sun's surface, the Daily Mail reported.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's space weather prediction centre has estimated that a cloud of radiation from the eruption will reach the Earth today.
A 'solar whip' or filament is caused when a red glowing loop of plasma erupts, releasing the plasma out in huge loops hundreds of thousands of miles into space.
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"Towards the end of the video part of the filament seems to break away, but its basic length and shape seem to have remained mostly intact," NASA said.
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