Via Southgate: A big CME is about to hit Venus

A coronal mass ejection (CME) left the farside of the sun yesterday.

According to NASA forecast models, it will slam into Venus on Sept. 1st, scouring some atmosphere from the planet’s cloudtops. Coincidentally, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft is passing by Venus right now, so it could get great data on this event.

Full story @ Spaceweather.com.

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