Watch A ‘Solar Snake’ Slither Across The Sun In Orbiter View

Watch A 'Solar Snake' Slither Across The Sun In Orbiter View

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured a "tube of cooler atmospheric gases snaking its way through the Sun’s magnetic field," according to ESA. See it "slither" in these time-lapsed views.

Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team; acknowledgement: Frédéric Auchère, IAS | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Credit to : space