Coronal Mass Ejection erupts from the Sun on 18 January 2026 (blue-red GIF) This GIF shows a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) leaving the Sun at high speed and heading towards Earth on 18 January 2026. The GIF combines data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (Sun disk) with coronagraph images acquired using the LASCO instrument onboard the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. This 'halo' CME appears to grow radially outwards from the Sun in all directions, indicating tha

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