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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Two Coronal Mass Ejections Headed Towards Earth

Two coronal mass ejections are heading towards Earth. For the second day in a row the sun has erupted sending cloud of electrically charged particles in our direction. On August 21, 2013 at 1:24 am EDT, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of particles into space and reach Earth one to three days later. These particles cannot travel through the atmosphere to harm humans on Earth, but they can affect electronic systems in satellites and on the ground.



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