Большой выброс корональной массы 06 февраля

BACK TO WORK: After a quiet weekend with no flares of any significance, the sun went back to work on Monday morning and launched a bright coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory recorded the expanding cloud during the early hours of Feb. 6th:

The source of the explosion is not yet clear. It appears to be a farside event, but first-look beacon data from NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft have not yet pinpointed the blast site. One thing seems sure: The cloud is not heading for Earth. Its northern trajectory is carrying it mainly out of the plane of the solar system and away from the planets. Stay tuned for updates. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.