NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the Sun with a happy smiling face. This is an amusing example of pareidolia, where we see what seems to be a meaningful image in a random visual pattern.[Credit: NASA, Sciencealert.com]
NASA Sun/Twitter explained: Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark patches on the Sun are known as coronal holes and are regions where fast solar wind gushes out into space.
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