• @Zak
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    106 months ago

    It was a prominence, not a flare. A flare escapes the sun’s magnetic field while a prominence does not.

    • @Skanky
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      116 months ago

      Fair enough. I’m no astro-smith

    • deweydecibel
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      46 months ago

      Flares cause CME, and CME would appear like a prominence. CME and prominences are thought to be linked somehow, we’re not totally sure yet.