Solar Eruptions May Not Have Slinky-like Shapes After All
Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
Revisiting some older data, University of New Hampshire researchers discovered new information about the shape of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - large-scale eruptions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun - that could one day help protect satellites in space as well as the electrical grid on Earth.