sirbiotech
01-07-2002, 10:29 AM
jan. 4 ? the sun threw off an unusually complex outburst of
electrically charged particles friday, scientists reported. the
sight "amazed even experienced solar physicists," said paal
brekke,
deputy project scientist for the solar and heliospheric observatory.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/586894.asp
sun unleashes monster eruption
january 4, 2002 posted: 4:52 pm est (2152 gmt)
by richard stenger
cnn sci-tech
(cnn) -- the sun discharged a powerful burst of energy on friday,
igniting the most complex coronal mass ejection since an
international solar observatory launched six years ago, according to
astronomers.
the eruption, a twisting assemblage of bright patches that resembles
a fantastical dragon, unleashed billions of tons of particles at
speeds of about 2.2 million mph (3.5 million km/h).
the sun's magnetic field lines were responsible for the intricate
design, according to paal brekke, a scientist with the solar and
heliospheric observatory (soho), a joint project of nasa and the
european space agency
"the complexity and structure ... amazed even experienced solar
physicists at the soho operations center," brekke said. "it shows
lots of structures, lots of filaments. they get twisted up like
rubber bands and sometimes they can just snap."
http://www.cnn.com/2002/tech/space/01/04/sun.burst/index.html
electrically charged particles friday, scientists reported. the
sight "amazed even experienced solar physicists," said paal
brekke,
deputy project scientist for the solar and heliospheric observatory.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/586894.asp
sun unleashes monster eruption
january 4, 2002 posted: 4:52 pm est (2152 gmt)
by richard stenger
cnn sci-tech
(cnn) -- the sun discharged a powerful burst of energy on friday,
igniting the most complex coronal mass ejection since an
international solar observatory launched six years ago, according to
astronomers.
the eruption, a twisting assemblage of bright patches that resembles
a fantastical dragon, unleashed billions of tons of particles at
speeds of about 2.2 million mph (3.5 million km/h).
the sun's magnetic field lines were responsible for the intricate
design, according to paal brekke, a scientist with the solar and
heliospheric observatory (soho), a joint project of nasa and the
european space agency
"the complexity and structure ... amazed even experienced solar
physicists at the soho operations center," brekke said. "it shows
lots of structures, lots of filaments. they get twisted up like
rubber bands and sometimes they can just snap."
http://www.cnn.com/2002/tech/space/01/04/sun.burst/index.html