Although astronomers still aren’t quite sure why this happens, it’s certainly observable—and recent activity definitely ...
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captures sunspot AR3341 blast a powerful X1.1 solar flare. Credit: Space.com | footage ...
Scientists spotted the solar flare erupting from the bottom of ... The flare, which peaked at 4:56 p.m. ET, was categorized as an X1.1 flare. X-class flares are the most powerful type of explosion ...
The red triangle seen during the total solar eclipse was not a solar flare but a prominence. Here's why to keep your eclipse ...
Space Weather Live says the new solar flare is an X2.2. That makes it the most powerful solar flare the Sun has unleashed in the past five years. X-Class solar flares are the strongest possible.
On March 28, Earth was hit by an X-class solar flare that was strong enough to ionize part of the planet's atmosphere. If a solar storm as big as the Carrington Event struck today, it could lead ...
During the recent total solar eclipse, you may have glimpsed what looked like explosive solar flares bursting from the sun after its fiery corona briefly came into view. But it turns out this was ...
A solar flare on New Year's Eve, rated as an X-5, was the largest detected since the 2017 eclipse, when a X8.2 flare X8.2 flare occurred, according to NOAA. Solar flares are only expected to ...
The energetic eruption then triggered a long-duration M-class (medium intensity) solar flare. The radiation from that flare traveled at the speed of light to reach Earth in under ten minutes and ...
Well, that’s a bit dramatic (it explodes a lot) — but a particularly large sunspot named AR2781 produced a C5-class solar flare which is a medium-sized explosion even for the Sun. Flares range ...
On April 8, there was just one minor C-class solar flare that ended several hours before totality began anywhere in the U.S., and it did not launch a CME, according to SpaceWeatherLive.com.