That sure is one scary sun monster. It is actually a solar prominence that is the most massive eruption prominence ever recorded. This could easily escape from the sun in a Coronal Mass Ejection, and oh, you know, straight towards whatever planet it feels like at the moment. This prominence is huge though, and it would be extremely possible to fit up to two Earths into the prominence. An eruption prominence is expelled hot gas that is held into the sun by magnetic fields, and may last for a few hours or greater. The sun is also about to reach solar maximum, which occurs about every 12 years. This means more solar prominences, and greater possibility of death. FUN!!
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