A rare, complicated solar eruption could help explain the mysteries of the sun's outbursts.

This solar eruption in 2016 could be the "Rosetta Stone" of explosions on our sun.

A NASA video dissects the eruption and talks about how solar outbursts can impact astronauts in space and technology on Earth.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the European Space Agency and NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory both documented the unusual event. .

And that could help us better prepare for and react to the sun's moods both out in space and here on Earth