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Coronal mass ejection with Earth to scale
Courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Caption
Among other things, the SwRI-led PUNCH mission will image coronal mass ejections, such as this Aug. 31, 2012, event. The Earth is shown to scale, whereas its distance is not. The Earth is much farther from the Sun than indicated here.