National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Sun-Earth Day 2010: Magnetic Storms
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- SOHO MDI Sunspot size winner
Large coronal mass ejection seen in LASCO C3 on Nov. 26, 2001.
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!