Colossal Solar Plasma Strands Pushed and Pulled by Magnetic Forces

Plasma strands several times the size of Earth “shifted and twisted” above the surface of the sun as they were pushed and pulled by magnetic forces over a 22-hour period May 2 and 3, according to NASA.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this phenomenon using a particular wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. Credit: NASA via Storyful