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Sun Storm: A Coronal Mass Ejection
The Sun-orbiting SOHO spacecraft captured this image of a Coronal Mass Ejection, or CME. These events involve the Sun blasting enormous bubbles of magnetic plasma into space. In this view, direct sunlight is blocked to better show the expanding CME, which extends over two million kilometers from the solar surface. CMEs are powerful solar eruptions that can impact Earth.
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In tropical astrology, 6 FEB 2007 falls under Aquarius (♒). The sign's window runs from 01-20 through 02-18. Aquarius is home to the Helix Nebula, the closest planetary nebula to Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 6 FEB 2007.