Solar Orbiter images first coronal mass ejections

First Solar Orbiter movies showing coronal mass ejections (CMEs) A pair of CMEs were detected by multiple instruments during February's close flyby of the Sun CMEs are eruptions of particles from the solar atmosphere that blast out into the Solar System and have the potential to trigger space weather at Earth Solar Orbiter will begin its main science mission in November this year Solar Orbiter is a space mission of international collaboration between ESA and NASA