Tuesday, April 14, 2009

NASA Spacecraft Show Three Dimensional Anatomy of a Solar Storm

WASHINGTON -- Twin NASA spacecraft have provided scientists with their first view of the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of powerful explosions from the sun known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. This new capability will dramatically enhance scientists' ability to predict if and how these solar tsunamis could affect Earth.When directed toward our planet,

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