NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captured the sun blast a "huge rush of mass" that warped the magnetic field, according to the European Space Agency.
See the footage here along with Solar and Heliospheric Observatory of the ensuing coronal mass ejection.
Credit: Space.com | Footage courtesy: NASA/ESA/NOAA/SOHO | edited by Steve Spaleta
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