STEREO A & B Stories
Multiple Spacecraft Tell the Story of One Giant Solar Storm
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April 17, 2021, was a day like any other day on the Sun, until a brilliant flash erupted and an enormous cloud of solar material billowed away from our star. Such outbursts from the Sun are not unusual, but this…
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A New Space Instrument Captures Its First Solar Eruption
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For new Sun-watching spacecraft, the first solar eruption is always special. On February 12, 2021, a little more than a year from its launch, the European Space Agency and NASA’s Solar Orbiter caught sight of this coronal mass ejection, or…
Article3 years ago
What Scientists Found After Sifting Through Dust in the Solar System
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Just as dust gathers in corners and along bookshelves in our homes, dust piles up in space too. But when the dust settles in the solar system, it’s often in rings. Several dust rings circle the Sun. The rings trace…
Article5 years ago