The space scientists were only able to see phase one of the event. They call it the “filament eruption” phase. They were able to confirm that the massive solar flare was moving at up to one million miles-per-hour.
But the experts were concerned about the speed and power behind the CMEs. They were more powerful than any ever seen before.
Study leader Kosuke Namekata, a Ph.D. student at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, believes that the Earth may someday experience a solar storm just as strong as the one from EK Draconis.
“This kind of big mass ejection could, theoretically, also occur on our Sun,” Notsu adds. “This observation may help us to better understand how similar events may have affected Earth and even Mars over billions of years.”
