Scientists have captured imagery of a colossal 14-Earth-scale solar hurricane that may rank among the largest ever documented. The reports come from Live Science and other space science outlets, reflecting a striking moment in solar observing. In mid March, a fiery plume swirled away from the Sun, forming a massive rotating disturbance near the north pole. The event intensified through March 15, then gradually faded by March 18 as the swirling mass of ionized gas, or plasma, was expelled into interplanetary space. NASA and other solar researchers noted that the released plasma would not impact Earth directly but would traverse space toward the Moon, offering a rare opportunity to study solar wind interactions at a great distance from our planet.
