Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Solar Explosion Tracked All The Way From The Sun To Earth

The Sun imaged with the EIT instrument on the SOHO spacecraft. The eruption event studied by the team originated in the brighter active region slightly above and to the left of centre. (Credit: CDAW/ESA/NASA/Solar Physics)

From Science Daily:

ScienceDaily (Apr. 14, 2010) — An international group of solar and space scientists has built the most complete picture yet of the full impact of a large solar eruption, using instruments on the ground and in space to trace its journey from the Sun to Earth.

Dr Mario Bisi of Aberystwyth University presented the team's results, which include detailed images, on the 13th of April at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Glasgow.

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