Someday an unlucky outburst from our sun could strike Earth and fry most of our electronics—and we’ve already had some ...
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 ...
Throughout all of totality, if you looked at the bottom of the ring, you’d see a little burst of orange—a full blown solar flare you could see with the naked eye. Less than four minutes later ...
Social media was shocked at the sight of a red triangle around the moon during totality last Monday, with even mainstream media outlets reporting that a "solar flare" was seen. Over 40 million ...
Was there really a solar flare explosion on the Sun during the total solar eclipse? Not really, but something really impressive was there. The recent total solar eclipse was arguably one of the ...
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 ...
Monday’s solar eclipse caused a major flare-up on streams for Bonnie Tyler‘s “Total Eclipse of The Heart,” with streams on the song jumping about 486 percent from Sunday versus Monday ...
Was this a solar flare, and if not, exactly what was it? Seeing the moment of totality during a total solar eclipse is a truly awe-inspiring experience. However, sometimes these events come with ...
Did you see those red blotchy areas around the sun during Monday's total solar eclipse? Those are called solar prominences. Though they look like they could be made of fire, they are actually ...
he wrote. According to the European Space Agency, a solar flare is a massive explosion that occurs on the Sun when energy that has been trapped in "twisted" magnetic fields, which are often found ...
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.