National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Sun-Earth Day 2010: Magnetic Storms
IMAGE GALLERY
- AURORA
A view of the aurora photographed by ISS astronaut Don Pettit in 2003 (Pettit: NASA)
NASA Fact
The fastest coronal mass ejection was recorded on August 4, 1972 and traveled from the sun to earth in 14.6 hours - a speed of nearly 10 million kilometers per hour!