Solar Orbiter images first coronal mass ejections

• First Solar Orbiter movies showing coronal mass ejections (CMEs)
• A pair of CMEs were detected by multiple instruments during February’s close flyby of the Sun
• CMEs are eruptions of particles from the solar atmosphere that blast out into the Solar System and have the potential to trigger space weather at Earth
• Solar Orbiter will begin its main science mission in November this year
• Solar Orbiter is a space mission of international collaboration between ESA and NASA

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