The Sun’s dark plasma eruption is headed straight for Earth

The sun’s dark plasma eruption is headed straight for Earth

On Sunday the sun ejected a cloud of "dark plasma"

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which is expected to make contact with Earth on Wednesday perhaps causing a brief geometric Storm.

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The explosion of material is known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) is a cloud of charged solar plasma and magnetic fields.

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It was fired at Earth on August 14 from an area of the sun known as AR3076

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Observations from NASA solar dynamics observatory

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Indicate the instant the CME was released from the sun's surface.

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It shows as a short black cloud towards the conclusion of the movie at roughly 11:30 UT.

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