A massive filament of plasma was explosively ejected from the Sun’s surface on July 15, leaving behind a “canyon of fire” on the Sun’s surface that spans 250,000 miles (over 402,000 kilometers).

A massive filament of plasma was explosively ejected from the Sun’s surface on July 15, leaving behind a “canyon of fire” on the Sun’s surface that spans 250,000 miles (over 402,000 kilometers).