Astronomer Captures Towering Solar Eruption Shaped Like the Burj Khalifa Skyscraper in Dubai—Here’s the Video

Everything about photographing the sun is extreme. With a vast illumination 400,000 times brighter than the moon, the sun can be captured in detail only by using extremely specialized—and very expensive—equipment. The images that appear are no less extreme. The scale is also incredible. Size comparisons on Earth bear hardly any relationship with those on […]