Last week's northern lights-which lasted a few days-were products of a large burst of plasma, or charged gas, from the sun known as a coronal mass ejection.

太阳日冕物质抛射导致了等离子气体或称带电气体的大规模爆发，而后者又造成了上个星期持续了好几天的北极光。

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When significant amounts of plasma escape the Sun, the event is called a coronal mass ejection.

大量等离子体脱离太阳，这种现象被称作日冕物质喷发。

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This can create a brightening on the sun called a flare, and is also often accompanied by the release of a cloud of plasma called a coronal mass ejection (CME).

它能在太阳上形成一个亮点称为耀斑，也经常伴随着等离子云的释放，称为日冕物质抛射(CME)。

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An eruption of hot plasma from the sun, called a coronal mass ejection, which could do damage to electricity grids over an entire continent, might fit the bill.

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