coronal

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Image:This artist’s impression shows a coronal mass ejection, or CME, around a nearby star.

From Space Scoop

The recent coronal mass ejection’s effect may also have been amplified by another solar phenomenon observed last week, called a coronal hole, says W. Dean Pesnell, an astrophysicist on NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory mission.

From Scientific American

The creation of an aurora starts when the sun sends a surge of energy and particles, often through an explosion on the sun called a coronal mass ejection.

From Washington Post

In the days prior, the sun had several small coronal mass ejections, but forecasters believed their impact had largely brushed past Earth.

From New York Times

If a giant coronal mass ejection hit Earth, it could upend modern civilization, knocking out satellites and inflicting continentwide blackouts.

From New York Times