NASA: Observatory observes the relationship between the Sun and the Earth

Two virtually identical solar observatories will be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida state on October 25, in a mission to observe the Sun-Earth relations called STEREO.

Image of the sun obtained by NASA (Photo: adnmundo)

At a press conference yesterday, NASA's project manager Nicholas Chrissotimos, said for the first time the Sun's three-dimensional images will be recorded.

These images can reveal how the rays of matter on the solar rim or CME happen and how they work when moving through.

Thus, scientists predict the spatial weather and the impact of space weather on astronauts as well as Earth's systems such as communications satellites and electric networks.

CMEs have the power equivalent to one billion megaton atomic bombs.

In the STEREO mission, for the first time, two spacecraft were launched on the same rocket and revolved around the Moon before entering two separate orbits.

Stereo project scientist Michael Kaser said the team hopes to better predict when CMEs will arrive on Earth and their precise direction.

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