An orbiting Nasa space telescope captured a dark, planet-sized object flying close to the sun on Monday - and extending what looks like a refueling tube into the star's surface.
The black, Death Star-like, orb is briefly engulfed in light from the sun, then flies off into space.
Nasa says, 'A solar prominence (also known as a filament when viewed against the solar disc) is a large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface.
'Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface and extend outwards into the Sun's hot outer atmosphere, called the corona.
'Scientists are still researching how and why prominences are formed.
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