Absolutely astonishing video of an enormous coronal mass ejection that erupted from the Sun on August 31st, 2012. It traveled at over 900 miles per second. Video by NASA Goddard. | IFLScience

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from this week's high sun activity impacted Earth's magnetic field last night, bringing strong geomagnetic storming. This painted the skies with auroras, visible even under the bright glare of 2025's brightest moon. And with more major eruptions in the past 24 hours, more auroras are expected in the coming days. Stay tuned to our #sun news at: https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-news-activity-solar-flare-cme-aurora-updates/ 📸 NASA/ SDO/ SOHO /JHelioviewer. | EarthSky