NASA spots 'square hole' in the the sun

NASA has caught a near-perfect square “hole” in the sun on camera.

15:38 14 May 2014

 NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has caught a near-perfect square “hole” on camera. 

 

The image was captured on March 29 but the news is only just coming to light. 

 

The hole is a result of updraft of solar winds in the sun’s outer space. The dark spot, which is called coronal hole, is made when solar winds pull away from the sun at incredibly high speeds. 

 

NASA said: "A coronal hole is an area where high-speed solar wind streams into space.

 

"Inside the coronal hole you can see bright loops where the hot plasma outlines little pieces of the solar magnetic field sticking above the surface."

 

The hole occurred over two days but Nasa has condensed the footage into seconds. Check out the video below.