Citizen scientists help experts predict when harmful solar storms will hit Earth

A CME erupting from the Sun’s surface (University of Reading/Nasa)

Scientistsin the UK  have found a new way to better predict when harmful solar storms will hit Earth – with help from members of the public.

Researchers from the University of Reading have enlisted the help of citizen scientists to analyse coronal mass ejections (CMEs), powerful expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun’s surface.