• Question: What are the CME explosions you study made from?

    Asked by anon-219490 to Emma on 11 Jun 2019.
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      Emma Davies answered on 11 Jun 2019:


      They’re made from very hot particles from the Sun which are mostly hydrogen and helium, but contain other elements such as oxygen too. Because they’re so hot they form a plasma – this is a state of matter that is similar to gas, but the particles are charged rather than neutral!

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