Nasa's solar observation satellite has filmed a coronal mass ejection, or CME, surging off the side of the sun. The newest solar observatory captured the phenomenon in great detail. This was the first CME observed by Iris (Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph), which launched in June 2013 on a mission to examine the lowest levels of the sun's atmosphere in higher resolution than ever before. The video released by Nasa shows how a curtain of solar material erupts outward at speeds of 1.5 million miles per hour.
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