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#DYK it can #rain on the #Sun? #Plasma rain occurs when large globs of super-hot gas called plasma gather in the Sun’s outer #atmosphere. When the globs of plasma become cooler and more dense than the rest of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, they drip back down on to the Sun like rain.
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