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NASA spacecraft just plunged into the sun and broke stunning records
In 2022, the probe flew into "one of the most powerful coronal mass ejections (CMEs) ever recorded," NASA explained. A CME is the eruption of a mass of super hot gas (plasma) into space.
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Butterfly-Shape' Coronal Mass Ejection Captured
The NASA/ESA Solar & Heliospheric Observatory captured a 'butterfly-shaped' coronal mass ejection erupt from the sun. Credit: ...
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A giant eruption from the sun could bring the Northern Lights as far south as New York, Chicago, and Portland overnight Monday and early Tuesday
This type of event is called a coronal mass ejection, or CME. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught it on camera, in the video clip below. "I have been observing the sun professionally for over ...
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This NASA spacecraft successfully flew through a sun explosion
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AI Can Predict Incredible Solar Storms Before They Strike
The unpredictability of the activity on the Sun is one of the challenges that faces modern solar physicists. The impact of ...
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Chart of CME Observations (IMAGE)
Seven NASA and ESA spacecraft made direct, confirmed detections of the same CME, which exploded from the Sun on Oct. 14, 2014. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy ...
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Coronal Mass Ejection
Experts predict the CME ... NASA and space agencies of other countries have also been watching the Sun for decades. But the coronagraph on Aditya-L1 has a slight advantage over other missions ...