• Coronal Rain • forms when hotter plasma in the Sun’s corona cools down and becomes denser. Like raindrops on Earth, coronal rain is pulled down to the surface by gravity. Because the plasma is electrically charged, it follows the magnetic field lines, which make huge arches/loops, instead of falling in a straight line. This image is a snapshot from a 23-minute time-lapse video which is comprised of the highest resolution images ever made of coronal rain. The scientists show in the paper that t