And so the news was recently sprinkled with stories of the discovery of electron bursts beyond the edge of our solar system, caused by shock waves from coronal mass ejection (CME) from our Sun ...

This composite image shows a coronal mass ejection, a type of space weather linked to solar energetic particles, as seen from two space-based solar observatories and one ground-based instrument.

Double Solar M-Flares Blast Massive Coronal Mass Ejection Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO/ESA/SOHO | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: Spy Game by Jon Sumner / courtesy of Epidemic ...

Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, are dramatic outbursts during which the Sun blasts charged particles into space at incredibly high speeds. These outbursts occur more often when the star is in one ...