- a large-scale solar event involving an ejection of hot plasma that may accelerate charged particles and travel as far as the earth's orbit, preceded by a shock front that may create a magnetic storm on earth. Abbreviation: CME
- a cloud of particles ejected from the sun's surface during a solar flare
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