No, a piece of the sun didn't just 'break off
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Over the past two weeks, stories have been circulating saying that scientists are "baffled" after a piece of the sun "broke off," but that's not exactly true.
Over the past two weeks, stories have been circulating saying that scientists are baffled after a piece of the sun broke off, but that's not exactly true.
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