A black plasma ejection occurred in the Sun

A rare phenomenon, a black plasma emission, was observed on the Sun on January 22 for three hours, according to a statement on the website of the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy at the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

"Apparently, a cold prominence with a large amount of neutral hydrogen was ejected by the flare and scattered across the corona. Eventually, the substance of the prominence was completely destroyed and disappeared, but while this process was going on, a black plasma cloud was observed in the corona for about three hours," the report says.

It is noted that such an event is rare.

According to scientists, this color usually gives neutral hydrogen, which is able to almost completely absorb short-wavelength radiation falling on it from behind.

Sergey Bogachev, head of the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy and Heliophysical Instrumentation at the Department of Space Plasma Physics at the ICI RAS, told TASS that the energy event is low and is notable solely for its unusual and somewhat mystical beauty. "As a space weather phenomenon, it did not affect forecasts or assessments of the state in any way. <...> In this case, almost nothing left the corona - the main mass fell back into the Sun," he said.

Source: TASS