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A teal Sun is slowly rotating against the black expanse of space. A few bright active regions are seen on the Sun. On the upper left area, there eruption of light off the Sun, then again a few moments later. On the bottom left, a small eruption of solar material is seen.

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flashes in the upper left area of the Sun – on Feb. 21 and 22, 2024. The images show a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in teal. Credit: NASA/SDO

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