How to Use coronal mass ejection in a Sentence
coronal mass ejection
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The largest explosions on the sun are called coronal mass ejections or CMEs.
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 14 June 2023
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As a result of that growth, the sunspot has created a coronal mass ejection (CME).
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 June 2022
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The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled at over 900 miles per second.
—Theo Nicitopoulos, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2021
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Viewers can expect to see wisps, streams, and maybe even a large eruption called a coronal mass ejection.
—Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
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The storm was prompted by a coronal mass ejection from the sun Friday evening, reaching the Earth early Sunday.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
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Sometimes, the sun also shoots out huge amounts of plasma in what’s known as a coronal mass ejection, Brasher said.
—Time, 13 July 2023
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Just about 17 hours later, the effects of that coronal mass ejection began to appear on Earth.
—Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 8 June 2021
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Eruptions on the Sun usually come in one of three forms: a coronal mass ejection, a jet, or a partial eruption.
—Mike Wehner, BGR, 9 June 2021
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For one thing, the sun was shooting off several coronal mass ejections, but none of them looked as though they were headed for Earth.
—Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
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The Northern Lights are caused by coronal mass ejections, in which massive amounts of plasma erupt from the sun’s surface and are blown to Earth on solar winds.
—Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 12 July 2023
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The coronal mass ejection video was captured over one hour and 15 minutes, Ayoub shared in his Reddit post.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Sep. 2022
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Last month, for example, the probe raced through one of the most intense coronal mass ejections (CMEs) ever observed.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023
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This phenomenon is known as a coronal mass ejection, called CME for short.
—Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
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While the sun has its tantrums, the flares and coronal mass ejections caused by magnetic reconnection are stronger in younger, hotter stars like Au Mic.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2023
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Known as coronal mass ejections, these solar storms can dump more than a billion tons of plasma into space at speeds that make the solar wind seem slow.
—Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 7 Feb. 2020
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Unlike solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which wax and wane in a natural 11-year cycle, the jetlets’ presence didn’t vary.
—Katrina Miller, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023
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More on the Parker Solar Probe Bursts of these particles may act as a precursor to coronal mass ejection events.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 5 Dec. 2019
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The largest of these storms come as a result of the release of plasma from the Sun’s corona, called coronal mass ejections, that arrive at Earth and disturb its magnetic fields.
—Jennifer Calfas, Time, 14 Mar. 2018
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Over the weekend, two explosions from the sun called coronal mass ejections occurred in quick succession and made a beeline for Earth.
—Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2023
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Astronomers have long observed the 11-year solar cycle during which the number of sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections rise and fall.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2024
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The aurora is stronger and more visible farther north, so the solar flares or coronal mass ejections must be stronger to be seen farther south.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2024
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The undersea cables that connect much of the world would be hit especially hard by a coronal mass ejection.
—Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 26 Aug. 2021
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Our magnetic field deflects most of those forces, but at high enough energies the blast, known as a coronal mass ejection, just rudely shoves its way through.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
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With enough energy, a solar flare can project material away from the sun — a coronal mass ejection.
—Washington Post, 19 July 2021
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However, in this instance, the coronal mass ejection was traveling away from us.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
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On top of a massive explosion, the outburst also released a coronal mass ejection.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 25 Apr. 2022
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Bursts of energy from the sun in the form of sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections are becoming more frequent and may affect how birds navigate.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
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Claro observed the coronal mass ejection on July 10, but recently reshared the video on Instagram and Vimeo.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 14 Oct. 2022
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At least one and possibly both coronal mass ejections have impacted Earth by now, Steenburgh said.
—Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2023
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In 2012 another a coronal mass ejection barely missed Earth.
—New York Times, 28 May 2021
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