How to Use coronal mass ejection in a Sentence

coronal mass ejection

noun

• Magnetic storms that have been triggered by solar activity, such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections, cause them.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
• The largest explosions on the sun are called coronal mass ejections or CMEs.
  — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 14 June 2023
• As a result of that growth, the sunspot has created a coronal mass ejection (CME).
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 June 2022
• The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled at over 900 miles per second.
  — Theo Nicitopoulos, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Just about 17 hours later, the effects of that coronal mass ejection began to appear on Earth.
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 8 June 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• What's the difference between a solar flare and a coronal mass ejection?
  — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2024
• 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
• This phenomenon is known as a coronal mass ejection, called CME for short.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
• 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
• In May, coronal mass ejections hit Earth to create one of the most impressive northern and southern lights displays in centuries.
  — Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
• 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
• Geomagnetic storms are produced by solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the surface of the sun.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024
• With enough energy, a solar flare can project material away from the sun — a coronal mass ejection.
  — Washington Post, 19 July 2021
• The eruptions, known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), originate from sunspot regions that tend to be particularly active around this solar maximum.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 29 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024