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Daisy Dobrijevic

Colossal eruption carves 250,000-mile-long 'canyon of fire' into the sun (video)

Image showing a large filament eruption and an inset image showing the large canyon left behind from the outburst.

On July 15, a colossal filament erupted from the sun's northeastern limb, dramatically reshaping part of our star's surface, albeit briefly, and unleashing a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space.

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