<ul><li>A newly released video by the European Space Agency (ESA) captures a gigantic plume of solar wind and strange lines streaking across the sun.</li><li>The video, taken by ESA's Solar Orbiter, shows solar wind spiraling out from the sun like a cyclone.</li><li>The lines seen in the video are stars moving across the screen as the orbiter circles the sun.</li><li>The discovery provides insights into the behavior of solar wind and the sun's activity during the solar maximum phase.</li></ul>

Watch eerie 'UFOs' and a solar 'cyclone' take shape in stunning new ESA video of the sun

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