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Last Post 10/6/2006 6:02 AM by Holly Gilbert

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10/5/2006 12:48 PM
Clint W When did the term Solar Storm come to be? Is it known by any other name?

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10/6/2006 6:02 AM
Hi Clint, I'm not sure exactly when the term "Solar Storm" was first used, but it was probably as soon as they were discovered. Solar storms are also called "Coronal Mass Ejections" and were discovered in the 1970s. These storms involve the ejection of huge bubbles of gas from the Sun, resulting in the release of an incredible amount of magnetic energy and mass. They are called "Coronal Mass Ejections" or "CMEs" since they blow out portions of the corona called helmet streamers. You can see helmet streamers in pictures of an eclipse- they are those white structures sticking outward from the Sun's surface. Cheers, Holly