The Sun was caught on camera ripping apart a structure on its surface that was about to erupt. Instead of erupting from the Sun, the filament collapsed, shredded to pieces by invisible magnetic forces. Learn why: http://go.nasa.gov/2hSmYeM | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Our NASA Sun Science Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a new type of magnetic explosion in the scorching upper reaches of the Sun's atmosphere. Called "forced reconnection," it had never been observed directly until now: https://go.nasa.gov/2PWEU5K | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration