A solar tsunami blasted its way through the sun’s lower atmosphere on May, 19 2007, and the action was captured by the twin STEREO spacecraft. Solar tsunamis are launched by huge explosions near the Sun’s atmosphere, called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Although solar tsunamis share much in common with tsunamis on Earth, the solar version … Continue reading "STEREO Spacecraft Captures Footage of a Solar Tsunami"