NASA investigates the dramatic Rosetta Stone eruption on the Sun

According to CNET, there is a "moody" hot planet in the center of our solar system, and scientists want to know what causes it to occasionally erupt. A "dramatic, multi-stage eruption" is the subject of a new study. NASA refers to it as the "Rosetta Stone of the Sun."

The eruption was the first such incident to be reported. Researchers classify the Sun's eruptions into coronal mass ejections, jets, or partial eruptions. This eruption is an event with all three types of characteristics.

The three types of eruptions are usually different. Coronal mass ejection (CME), like an atmospheric bubble, pushes energy and particles from the sun into space. A similar thing happens on the ejection, but there will be a narrow column of solar material. Partial eruptions are just as they sound. They look like they're going to "run away," but then collapse into the sun.

A video from NASA dissects the eruption and talks about how the solar eruption affects astronauts in space and technology on Earth.

Emily Mason, a solar scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, said in a statement on Monday: "This event is a missing link where we can see all these aspects of different types of eruptions in a neat little package." "It's prompting the realization that these eruptions are caused by the same mechanism, just on different scales."

Mason is the lead author of a study on eruptions — which occurred in March 2016 — and has been accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the European Space Agency, as well as NASA's Solar and Heliosphere Observatory, have documented this unusual event.

"Understanding the mechanisms behind these events, especially cmes, is critical to predicting when large eruptions are likely to cause damage on Earth," NASA said. This is an example. The massive solar flare explosion in May has put Earthlings on alert for auroras and possible technological disruptions. ”

According to a statement Monday from the University Space Research Association, the next step in the investigation is to build a computer model of the event. "If we can intrinsically expand what we already know about jet bursts, we could gain important insight into how CMEs erupt," Mason said. And this can help us better prepare and cope with the mood of the sun, whether in space or on Earth. ”