Fermi Sees Gamma Rays from Far Side Solar Flares

The video explores solar activity, focusing on how sunspots and magnetic fields can lead to coronal mass ejections and gamma ray emissions. NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope plays a crucial role in observing these phenomena, even detecting gamma rays from solar storms on the sun's far side. This unexpected observation helps scientists understand particle acceleration and gamma ray production during solar storms.

What are coronal mass ejections and what do they release into space?

Explain how Fermi has detected gamma rays from solar storms on the opposite side of the sun.