Serious: Jupiter Sized Object Caught by NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) - Gives New Meaning to Sun Grazing

Ok, this concludes my trilogy video series on Plasma Creatures, Plasmoids and Cosmobiots. :-) Many of you have probably seen this one. To a non scientist/layperson, it may look like a giant blob creature/ship attached to the Sun eating/fueling and then detaching. While this was filmed by a NASA Observatory, NASA scientists say you can rest assured that it is a COMMON feature. In March 2012, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured images of a shadowy, planet-sized sphere that appeared to be tethered to the Sun by a dark filament. While some observers suggested it was a [UFO refueling on solar plasma](https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna46725245), [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) scientists explained that the "object" was actually a **prominence**—a common solar feature composed of cool, dense plasma held above the Sun's surface by magnetic fields -- (that's what I was thinking... common. duh - nothing to look at here)