Referred to as a “stealth storm,” a recent coronal mass ejection went undetected until it hit Earth. Stealth coronal mass ejections are more common after the Sun transitions from the solar maximum to ...

A coronal mass ejection could knock out power and disrupt communication on Earth Dan Falk | Science Correspondent A coronal mass ejection erupts from the sun in 2013. NASA In August of 1859, ...

An artist’s impression of an eruption from a large red star and its effect on a small planet near it: the small blue object with a faint, wispy trail, indicating its atmosphere being blown off. (Olena ...

A coronal mass ejection (CME) is an outburst of solar material, plasma, and magnetic fields from the sun’s outer atmosphere. CMEs are common, but a particularly strong one was observed early Tuesday ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Warped magnetic fields in the lower corona are what directly give rise to coronal mass ejections. When these stressed, unstable magnetic fields twist ...