STEREO Captures a Coronal Mass Ejection
April 15, 2009
For the first time, NASA spacecrafts have traced the 3D shape of solar storms known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). It turns out the most ferocious storms resemble something from a French bakery.
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Technology Internet, Environment, Sun, Space plasmas, Plasma physics, Solar flare, STEREO, Corona, Coronal mass ejection