1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auGeorge Dvorskyhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/georgedvorsky-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7AtdZCjfVm"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2017/08/unintended-experiment-tracks-a-solar-eruption-to-the-outer-reaches-of-the-solar-system/">Unintended Experiment Tracks A Solar Eruption To The Outer Reaches Of The Solar System</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2017/08/unintended-experiment-tracks-a-solar-eruption-to-the-outer-reaches-of-the-solar-system/embed/#?secret=7AtdZCjfVm" width="600" height="338" title="“Unintended Experiment Tracks A Solar Eruption To The Outer Reaches Of The Solar System” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="7AtdZCjfVm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/16/knckwyqjwsl50a6lvwjj.gif?quality=75&w=800800474On 14 October 2014, our Sun let out a great big burp, a coronal mass ejection that swept through the Solar System at an incredibly fortuitous angle. Several spacecraft (and one intrepid Martian rover) detected the solar blast, resulting in an unprecedented experiment that stretched all the way from Venus to outer reaches of the […]