Become fluent in the vocabulary of solar flares and space weather

By Amanda Yesilbas Published May 15, 2013 | Comments (0) |

With all the exciting solar activity lately, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shared this helpful tutorial about the vocabulary of space weather on their Facebook page. Now you can tell your CMEs apart from your solar flares.

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