Merging magnetic blobs fuel the sun’s huge plasma eruptions0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 9, 2019
Before coronal mass ejections, plasma shoots up, breaks apart and then comes together again.
Before coronal mass ejections, plasma shoots up, breaks apart and then comes together again.
On Sept. 6th at 1202 UT, sunspot AR2673 unleashed a major X9.3-class solar flare–the strongest solar flare in more than a decade. X-rays and UV radiation from the blast ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing a strong shortwave radio blackout over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean: Link to blackout map. Above: The extreme
On Sunday July 23rd, a spectacular CME emerged from the farside of the sun.
Large and small scale solar eruptions might all be triggered by a single process, according to new research that leads to better understanding of the Sun’s activity.
In addition to the constant emission of warmth and light, our sun sends out occasional bursts of solar radiation that propel high-energy particles toward Earth.