Coronal Mass Ejection on May 1

By Thomas Posted 01 May 2013 — 0 Comment ↓

A coronal mass ejection from the Sun on May 1, 2013 (NASA)

Just in time for May Day, the Sun blasted out a coronal mass ejection (CME) from just around the limb earlier today, May 1, 2013. In a gigantic rolling wave, this CME shot out about a billion tons of particles Continue reading →

Earth-directed coronal mass ejection

By Thomas Posted 16 Mar 2013 — 0 Comment ↓

The ESA and NASA Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured these images of the sun spitting out a coronal mass ejection (CME) on March 15, 2013, from 3:24 to 4:00 a.m. EDT. This type of image is known as a coronagraph, since a disk is placed over the sun to better see the dimmer atmosphere around it, called the corona. (NASA/ESA)

On March 15, 2013, at 2:54 a.m. EDT, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME), a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space and can reach Earth one to three days Continue reading →

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Coronal Mass Ejection on May 1

Earth-directed coronal mass ejection