250,000-mile-long ‘canyon of fire’ appears on the Sun
The blast was so immense it carved a dramatic trench of hot plasma.
By Dean Murray
Space-watchers were shocked after spotting a 250,000-mile-long "canyon of fire" carved into the Sun.
A massive solar filament erupted from the surface of the star on July 15, unleashing a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space.
The blast was so immense it carved a dramatic trench of hot plasma, which, according to Spaceweather.com had walls of "at least 20,000 km high."
There was fear the event may have caused coronal mass ejections (CME), explosions of plasma and magnetic field that can cause geomagnetic storms, to be fired towards Earth.
However, analysis of data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and GOES-19 satellite suggests there is no Earth-directed component.
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) can trigger geomagnetic storms on Earth that cause brilliant auroras, disrupt satellites and communication systems, interfere with GPS accuracy, and potentially damage electrical power grids.
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