by On Mars, the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and NASA's Curiosity rover registered the influx of energized particles.
On the moon, these particles were picked up by the Chinese National Space Administration's Chang'e-4 and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
And closer to home, the German Aerospace Center's Eu:CROPIS satellite detected the radiation from low Earth orbit.
The effects of this solar hat trick were reported Aug. 8 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Understanding such events, known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), is crucial for future space exploration, including planned missions to send astronauts to Mars and to establish a scientific outpost on the moon.
On Earth, our magnetic field acts as a shield against most dangerous solar outbursts.
But the moon and Mars lack this protective magnetosphere, which means that a lot more radiation makes it to their surfaces.
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On the moon, these particles were picked up by the Chinese National Space Administration's Chang'e-4 and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
And closer to home, the German Aerospace Center's Eu:CROPIS satellite detected the radiation from low Earth orbit.
The effects of this solar hat trick were reported Aug. 8 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Understanding such events, known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), is crucial for future space exploration, including planned missions to send astronauts to Mars and to establish a scientific outpost on the moon.
On Earth, our magnetic field acts as a shield against most dangerous solar outbursts.
But the moon and Mars lack this protective magnetosphere, which means that a lot more radiation makes it to their surfaces.
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