Coronal Loop, Our Sun
IN SPACE - FEBRUARY 18: (FILE PHOTO) This handout image from the Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) onboard the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), shows Comet NEAT (C/2002 V1) (R) heading towards the Sun February 18, 2003. The comet NEAT is presently too close to the Sun for Earth based observations, however the LASCO instrument on SOHO allow views of the comets tail. (Photo by NASA/ESA/SOHO/Getty Images)
Sun and solar flares
Illustration of a Solar Flare
IN SPACE - NOVEMBER 18: In this handout photo provided by NASA, a Solar and Heliospheric Observatory image shows Region 486 that unleashed a record flare last week (lower left) November 18, 2003 on the sun. The spot itself cannot yet be seen but large, hot, gas-filled loops above this region are visible. These post-flare loops are still active. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)
