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Solar Flare Eruptions that occur when the loops in sunspot regions suddenly connect.
Core The center of the sun.
Chromosphere The layer of the sun's atmosphere that has a reddish glow.
Sunspots Areas of gas on the sun's surface that are cooler than gases around them.
Corona The layer of the sun's atmosphere that looks like a halo during an eclipse.
Nuclear Fushion The joining of hydrogen atoms to form helium.
Photosphere The layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off visible light.
Solar Wind A stream of charged particles produced by the corona .
Prominence Reddish loops of gas that link parts of sunspot regions.
Radiation Zone The layer of the sun's interior where energy is transferred mainly by electromagnetic radiation.
Convection Zone The outermost layer of the sun's interior.
Pulsar Appears to emit pulses of radio radio waves.
White dwarf What a low-mass or medium-mass star becomes at the end of its life.
Nebula A large cloud of gas or dust in space.
Protostar A contracting cloud of gas and dust with enough mass to form a star.
Supernova An explosion that occurs at the end of a high-mass star's life.
Black hole Exerts such a strong gravitational pull that no electromagnetic radiation can escape.
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