Aditya-L1 Finds New Clues About Solar Eruptions
India's Aditya-L1 solar mission has shared new findings on how solar eruptions spread out. Scientists found that one eruption expanded unevenly, not evenly in all directions. The insight could help forecasters better predict space weather, the conditions in space that can affect Earth.
Context
Context: Aditya-L1 is ISRO's solar observatory, placed about 1.5 million km from Earth to study the Sun. Solar eruptions can send charged particles toward Earth, so forecasting them matters for satellites and communications.
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