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A First for NASAs IRIS: Observing a Gigantic Eruption of Solar Material Full Article: ow.ly/xEUWE A coronal mass ejection, or CME, surged off the side of the sun on May 9, 2014, and NASAs newest solar observatory caught it in extraordinary detail. This was the first CME observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, which launched in June 2013 to peer into the lowest levels of the suns atmosphere with better resolution than ever before. Watch the movie to see how a curtain of solar material erupts outward at speeds of 1.5 million miles per hour.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:01:00 +0000

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