: a tremendous outburst of energy from the corona of the sun that can cause disruptions in the earth's geomagnetic field
As they had for the January eruption, the researchers relied on an armada of spacecraft to track the disturbance, known as a coronal mass ejection because it originates in the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. R. Cowen
Recent Examples on the WebThrough this surface mass ejection, Betelgeuse offloaded 400 billion times as much mass as the sun does during a typical coronal mass ejection, a regular event in which the sun casts off part of its outer atmosphere, called the corona. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022 But the surface mass ejection Betelgeuse experienced released more than 400 billion times as much mass as a typical coronal mass ejection from the sun. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022 One of those bursts, called a coronal mass ejection, or CME, is expected to collide and consume another, creating what's called a cannibal CME event. Li Cohen, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2022 As a result of that growth, the sunspot has created a coronal mass ejection (CME). Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 June 2022 The solar flare also blasted a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 June 2022 On top of a massive explosion, the outburst also released a coronal mass ejection. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 25 Apr. 2022 According to the prediction center, a coronal mass ejection erupted Monday and models suggest a portion of it will arrive late Wednesday into early Thursday. Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2022 On Saturday evening, a solar flare released a coronal mass ejection from a sunspot called AR2936, which had been rapidly increasing in size in a two-day span, according to SpaceWeather.com. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2022 See More