Coronal Mass Ejections Blast their Way Through the Solar System
A coronal mass ejection erupts from the Sun and propagates out through the Solar System. Along the way it is detected by the spacecraft at Jupiter and Saturn. Eventually it is detected by the two Voyager spacecraft beyond the orbit of Pluto.
View of the Solar System, showing the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn
View of the Sun and the CME with Voyager 1 and 2.
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animator
- Walt Feimer (HTSI)
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This page was originally published on Friday, December 3, 2004.
This page was last updated on Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM EST.
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