At the solar maximum, for example, an increased number of outbursts called coronal mass ejections hurl millions of tons of magnetic and electrically charged plasma gas against the Earth's magnetosphere, the magnetic field that surrounds the planet. (pppl.gov)
They are often accompanied by eruptions of the sun's plasma, known as coronal mass ejections. (newscientist.com)
NIGHT AND DAY Solar physicists gained new insight into the origins of coronal mass ejections as they watched the 2015 solar eclipse darken the sky above Svalbard, Norway. (sciencenews.org)