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This time around there is only one coronal mass ejection and experts believe the duration of the event will be much shorter.

The most impressive auroras occur when the Sun emits really large clouds of particles called coronal mass ejections.

But when larger quantities of plasma are released, in the form of a coronal mass ejection, it can also be hazardous, causing significant damage to satellites and communications systems.

The sun’s intense magnetic energy is the source of solar flares and eruptions of plasma known as coronal mass ejections.

It follows nearly a week of flares and mass ejections of coronal plasma that threatened to disrupt power and communications on Earth and in orbit.