Earth and coronal mass injection, illustration
by Mark Garlick/science Photo Library
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Earth and coronal mass injection, illustration
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Mark Garlick/science Photo Library
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Drawing - Illustration
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Illustration of a coronal mass ejection impacting the Earth's atmosphere. These events, CMEs for short, are powerful releases of solar charged particles (plasma) and magnetic field, travelling on the solar wind. When a CME hits Earth, it can cause a geomagnetic storm which disrupts the planet's magnetosphere, our radio transmissions and electrical power lines. They can damage artificial satellites and cause long-lasting power outages. Humans in orbit are also very vulnerable to these events, whose high-energy particles are not shield by typical spacecraft.
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November 17th, 2023
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