NASA reports massive hole in Sun’s atmosphere

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NASA reports massive hole in Sun’s atmosphere
Anthony Watts / 17 hours ago April 6, 2018   

Huge hole over 400,000 miles long (700,000 kilometers) is 55 times wider than the Earth

A wide hole in the sun’s atmosphere is facing Earth and spewing a stream of solar wind toward our planet. Estimated time of arrival: April 9th. In this extreme ultraviolet image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, we see not only the hole, but also a bushy filament of magnetic bordering the hole’s leading edge:

 https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/04/06/nasa-reports-massive-hole-in-suns-atmosphere/

[WingNot]

Oh no.  Are we all gonna die? 

[thackney]

Same hole that has been there for months?

New Hole in Sun's Atmosphere Lets Particles Spew Out
https://www.space.com/38842-nasa-spots-new-hole-in-sun.html
November 20, 2017

A large, dark "hole" has opened up in the sun's atmosphere, allowing solar winds to rush out into space — an ordinary occurrence, but a spectacular one to see.....

...Coronal holes will become more likely as the sun approaches the minimum of its 11-year cycle, which will come in 2019. Longer-lasting holes, which will also become more likely, can last for several of the sun's rotations, which take 27 days on average, according to SWPC....