SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -If a CME arrives at Earth, it can produce a geomagnetic storm, which, in turn, can cause anomalies and disruptions to the modern conveniences we have come to rely on.

Detailed explanation-2: -The more explosive CMEs generally begin when highly twisted magnetic field structures (flux ropes) contained in the Sun’s lower corona become too stressed and realign into a less tense configuration – a process called magnetic reconnection.

Detailed explanation-3: -Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are huge bubbles of coronal plasma threaded by intense magnetic field lines that are ejected from the Sun over the course of several hours. CMEs often look like huge, twisted rope, which scientists call “flux rope."

Detailed explanation-4: -A CME can jostle Earth’s magnetic fields creating currents that drive particles down toward Earth’s poles. When these react with oxygen and nitrogen, they help create the aurora, also known as the Northern and Southern Lights. Additionally, the magnetic changes can affect a variety of human technologies.

Detailed explanation-5: -Large portions of the corona, or outer atmo-sphere of the Sun, can be explosively blown into space, sending billions of tons of plasma, or superheated gas, Earth’s direction. These CMEs have their own magnetic field and can slam into and interact with Earth’s magnetic field, resulting in geomagnetic storms.

Detailed explanation-6: -A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a significant ejection of magnetic field and accompanying plasma mass from the Sun’s corona into the heliosphere.