High-Level Project Summary
The Sun continuously emits vast quantities of energy as light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. It also gives off large amounts of matter as particle radiation, mostly in the form of high-energy protons and electrons. This outward flow of particle radiation is called the solar wind. Often when explosions erupt on the surface of the Sun, huge "space weather storms" flow outward with the solar wind, sometimes crashing into Earth. Some of these storms can play havoc with human technologies, but can also produce the beautiful displays of color we call the aurora or Northern and Southern Lights.
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The amount of light emitted by the Sun is surprisingly steady, varying by less than 1/10th of one percent over periods spanning decades. However, the Sun is not perfectly constant and unchanging. Powerful magnetic disturbances within the Sun produce exotic features such as solar prominences and coronal loops. Sunspots, indicators of strong magnetic fields, come and go in cycles lasting many years. Explosive solar storms, called solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CME), are more common when
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