coronal mass ejection
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Streamers and Loops: What the Sun’s Hyperactive Phase Means for the Upcoming Solar Eclipse
Things have been heating up for the Sun, as the star approaches peak activity during its 11-year cycle, with giant eruptions bursting regularly from its surface. Luckily for us, this coincides with the Moon passing between the Earth and its host star, offering a captivating view of the solar corona during the upcoming solar eclipse.…
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Parker Solar Probe Sails Directly Through Sun’s Intense Plasma Burst
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flew through an ejection of coronal material as it passed by the Sun in September 2022, giving researchers new data to understand how the Sun’s superheated plasma interacts with the surrounding interplanetary dust. The coronal mass ejection (CME) flown through by the probe is one of the most powerful ever recorded, according…
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Unprecedented Image Captures Freakishly Large Solar Eruption
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft had a front-row view this week of the Sun giving out an unusually large belch, resulting in a one-of-a-kind image.
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Sun Gets Ahead of Itself, Shoots Off Huge Solar Flare on July 3rd
The Sun jumped the gun on July 4 celebrations, as a huge solar flare erupted on the morning of July 3. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the outburst.