GOES-18 instrument records explosive sun activity

Name: GOES-18 instrument records explosive sun activity
Uploaded: 2022-07-23T14:03:20-04:00
Duration: 7 s
Description: NOAA's GOES-18 satellite's Solar Ultraviolet Imager, or SUVI, recorded a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun in six wavelengths. The CME sent a tangle of plasma hurtling out into the atmosphere while some of it is sucked back up into the sun.

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GOES-18 instrument records explosive sun activity

NOAA's GOES-18 satellite's Solar Ultraviolet Imager, or SUVI, recorded a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun in six wavelengths. The CME sent a tangle of plasma hurtling out into the atmosphere while some of it is sucked back up into the sun.

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