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A video taken on March 17, 2023 shows a solar tornado spinning above the sun's surface.
A video taken on March 17, 2023 shows a solar tornado spinning above the sun's surface.

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  • NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a video of a tornado churning on the sun.
  • The fiery formation of boiling solar plasma grew to an estimated height of 14 Earths.
  • It began forming on March 14, and burst into a cloud of magnetized gas on March 18.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured video of a fiery, churning tornado on the surface of the sun last week.

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NASA video shows a giant churning tornado on the sun as tall as 14 Earths, hurl…