How to Use coronal mass ejection in a Sentence

coronal mass ejection

noun

• The largest explosions on the sun are called coronal mass ejections or CMEs.
  — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 14 June 2023
• As a result of that growth, the sunspot has created a coronal mass ejection (CME).
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 June 2022
• The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled at over 900 miles per second.
  — Theo Nicitopoulos, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2021
• Viewers can expect to see wisps, streams, and maybe even a large eruption called a coronal mass ejection.
  — Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
• The storm was prompted by a coronal mass ejection from the sun Friday evening, reaching the Earth early Sunday.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
• Sometimes, the sun also shoots out huge amounts of plasma in what’s known as a coronal mass ejection, Brasher said.
  — Time, 13 July 2023
• Just about 17 hours later, the effects of that coronal mass ejection began to appear on Earth.
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 8 June 2021
• Eruptions on the Sun usually come in one of three forms: a coronal mass ejection, a jet, or a partial eruption.
  — Mike Wehner, BGR, 9 June 2021
• For one thing, the sun was shooting off several coronal mass ejections, but none of them looked as though they were headed for Earth.
  — Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
• The Northern Lights are caused by coronal mass ejections, in which massive amounts of plasma erupt from the sun’s surface and are blown to Earth on solar winds.
  — Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 12 July 2023
• The coronal mass ejection video was captured over one hour and 15 minutes, Ayoub shared in his Reddit post.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Sep. 2022
• Last month, for example, the probe raced through one of the most intense coronal mass ejections (CMEs) ever observed.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023
• This phenomenon is known as a coronal mass ejection, called CME for short.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
• While the sun has its tantrums, the flares and coronal mass ejections caused by magnetic reconnection are stronger in younger, hotter stars like Au Mic.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2023
• Known as coronal mass ejections, these solar storms can dump more than a billion tons of plasma into space at speeds that make the solar wind seem slow.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 7 Feb. 2020
• Unlike solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which wax and wane in a natural 11-year cycle, the jetlets’ presence didn’t vary.
  — Katrina Miller, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023
• More on the Parker Solar Probe Bursts of these particles may act as a precursor to coronal mass ejection events.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 5 Dec. 2019
• The largest of these storms come as a result of the release of plasma from the Sun’s corona, called coronal mass ejections, that arrive at Earth and disturb its magnetic fields.
  — Jennifer Calfas, Time, 14 Mar. 2018
• Over the weekend, two explosions from the sun called coronal mass ejections occurred in quick succession and made a beeline for Earth.
  — Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2023
• The undersea cables that connect much of the world would be hit especially hard by a coronal mass ejection.
  — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 26 Aug. 2021
• Our magnetic field deflects most of those forces, but at high enough energies the blast, known as a coronal mass ejection, just rudely shoves its way through.
  — Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
• With enough energy, a solar flare can project material away from the sun — a coronal mass ejection.
  — Washington Post, 19 July 2021
• However, in this instance, the coronal mass ejection was traveling away from us.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
• On top of a massive explosion, the outburst also released a coronal mass ejection.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 25 Apr. 2022
• Bursts of energy from the sun in the form of sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections are becoming more frequent and may affect how birds navigate.
  — Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• Claro observed the coronal mass ejection on July 10, but recently reshared the video on Instagram and Vimeo.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 14 Oct. 2022
• At least one and possibly both coronal mass ejections have impacted Earth by now, Steenburgh said.
  — Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2023
• In 2012 another a coronal mass ejection barely missed Earth.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2021
• The solar flare also blasted a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) into space.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 June 2022
• This storm alert comes courtesy of a strong X-class solar flare that was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME) earlier this week.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024