Solar Flare aimed at Mercury

SPACEWEATHER.COM: JULY 28, 2023

A CME IS ABOUT TO SLAM INTO MERCURY: A bright CME that left the sun earlier today is hours away from slamming into Mercury, according to a NASA model. The impact will pepper Mercury with high energy electrons. New research shows that this will probably ignite X-ray auroras at ground level on Mercury’s rocky surface. 

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