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  1. Coronal mass ejection - Wikipedia

    A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a significant ejection of plasma mass from the Sun's corona into the heliosphere. CMEs are often associated with solar flares and other forms of solar activity, but a …

  2. Coronal Mass Ejections - NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction …

    CMEs travel outward from the Sun at speeds ranging from slower than 250 kilometers per second (km/s) to as fast as near 3000 km/s. The fastest Earth-directed CMEs can reach our planet in as little as 15 …

  3. Coronal mass ejection (CME) | Definition & Effects | Britannica

    Nov 19, 2025 · coronal mass ejection (CME), large eruption of magnetized plasma from the Sun ’s outer atmosphere, or corona, that propagates outward into interplanetary space. The CME is one of the …

  4. Earth Just Got Slammed By a Solar Flare. Why Didn’t Scientists See It?

    Dec 3, 2025 · Scientists can usually spot coronal mass ejections before they affect Earth—but this one snuck past coronagraphs and satellites.

  5. Sun Unleashes Strongest Solar Flare of 2025 From Sunspot AR4274

    Nov 12, 2025 · Coronal Mass Ejection Details and Earth Impact Forecast The eruption released associated coronal mass ejection traveling at 1,856 kilometers per second—exceptionally rapid …

  6. What is a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)? | Help - SpaceWeatherLive

    Nov 14, 2025 · A coronal mass ejection (or CME) is a giant cloud of solar plasma drenched with magnetic field lines that is blown away from the Sun often during strong, long-duration solar flares …

  7. Coronal Mass Ejections

    Coronal Mass Ejections Coronal mass ejections (or CMEs) are huge bubbles of gas threaded with magnetic field lines that are ejected from the Sun over the course of several hours.

  8. Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) - Sentinel Mission

    Oct 18, 2025 · Coronal Mass Ejections, or CMEs, are massive bursts of solar wind and magnetic fields that are ejected from the Sun’s corona, the outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere. These …

  9. NASA and NOAA forecast CME impact on December 9, geomagnetic

    A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), a powerful burst of solar material, is en route to Earth and expected to arrive on December 9, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center. This space weather ...

  10. Coronal mass ejections: What are they and how do they form?

    May 26, 2022 · Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's atmosphere — the corona.