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Astronomers have captured the first footage of a solar "tsunami" hurtling through the Sun's atmosphere at over a million kilometres per hour.

The event was captured by Nasa's twin Stereo spacecraft designed to make 3D images of our parent star.
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Why can't they just call it a wave?
Because tsunami is more specific: it's a wave caused by a rapid displacement of fluid at its origin.
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