Earlier this morning, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) witnessed a complex magnetic eruption on the sun. The joint NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) -- a mission sitting at the L1 point between the Earth and the sun -- also spotted a large coronal mass ejection (CME) blasting in the direction of Earth...We can expect its arrival on Aug. 3.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Incoming! The Sun Unleashes CME at Earth
Earlier this morning, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) witnessed a complex magnetic eruption on the sun. The joint NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) -- a mission sitting at the L1 point between the Earth and the sun -- also spotted a large coronal mass ejection (CME) blasting in the direction of Earth...We can expect its arrival on Aug. 3.
Ohhh!
ReplyDeleteI caught that story too yesterday from another site. Are you a bit of an astronomy geek, too, Vincenzo?
ReplyDeleteI don't have any formal education, but one of the things I do watch is sun activity. I subscribe to a few NASA, space and science e-newsletters.
"Are you a bit of an astronomy geek, too, Vincenzo?"
ReplyDeleteYes it's fascinating isn't it?
I was just reading this story about half an hour ago. Guess we on the same mindset :)
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