Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World
IMAGE GALLERY
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A model of the solar interior based on data from a solar seismometer. The hot core is false-colored blue to turquoise to highlight its changing properties. (Courtesy - SoHO)
This image appears in the #59: Where did all the Neutrinos go? Technology Through Time article.
Space Weather 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!
