Image of the Sun from the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission. The diagram shows the density increase in the atmosphere and the subsequent loss of altitude of a satellite at 490 km - both caused by a coronal mass ejection on 21 November 2003. (IMAGE)

Graz University of Technology

Image of the Sun from the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission. The diagram shows the density increase in the atmosphere and the subsequent loss of altitude of a satellite at 490 km - both caused by a coronal mass ejection on 21 November 2003.

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Image of the Sun from the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission. The diagram shows the density increase in the atmosphere and the subsequent loss of altitude of a satellite at 490 km - both caused by a coronal mass ejection on 21 November 2003.

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Image source: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI team - Data: TU Graz & Uni Graz

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