NASA Video of Swirling Magnetic Arches on the Sun is Completely Mesmerizing

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the video, which shows "cascading magnetic arches" on the sun after a filament of solar material erupted from the star on Dec. 16 to 17, the space agency said.

The arches look like they're glowing as they give off ultraviolet light, which is actually invisible to the human eye — but researchers colorized it to make the details of the magnetic arches really pop.

Scientists are keeping an eye on the sun to learn more about the star and watch for any potentially dangerous space weather that could harmfully impact Earth. A huge burst of plasma in our planet's magnetic field could create problems with power grids on Earth, satellites in space and even humans on orbit, but monitoring the sun can give researchers a heads up about any extreme space weather heading toward us.

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[markallasred]

how can you call it mesmerizing when words are sprayed across the screen every three seconds?

[frappiest]

Would have been nice if the words on the video were in the description instead and not covering this "mesmerizing" video.