Colliding Plasma Ejections From The Sun Generate Huge Geomagnetic Storms − Studying Them Will Help Scientists Monitor Future Space Weather
The Sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain an intense magnetic field. These events are called coronal mass ejec ...
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Time-Lapse Of Sun Erupting With Long-Duration X1.6-Class Solar Flare
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare. See at time-lapse of ...
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Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection Generated By Strong Solar Flare
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that he would not seek reelection to the Senate after his ...
Geomagnetic storms: When should we look up and when should we worry?
Geomagnetic storms are capable of sparking beautiful displays of the Northern Lights across our night sky. However, there is ...
8 stunning images of Sun shared by NASA
This composite image of the Sun combines high-energy X-ray data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). On December 6, 2010, a lengthy solar filament, which had been winding around ...