Coronal Mass Ejections Reach the Heliopause

  • Released Friday, December 3, 2004
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Coronal mass ejections (CME) can propagate from the Sun to the boundary with interstellar space.

Movie of CME material reaching the heliopause.

This movie is the same as the previous movie, but the planetary orbits are not marked.

This image shows coronal mass ejections (CME). CMEs can propagate from the Sun to the boundary with interstellar space.

This image shows coronal mass ejections (CME). CMEs can propagate from the Sun to the boundary with interstellar space.

Credits

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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