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As the Sun reaches the peak of activity in its 11-year solar cycle, the possibility for impressive aurora in the night sky will increase. With the boost in solar activity, the chance of another spectacular aurora light show like the one last month that reached as far south as Florida is possible in the coming weeks...
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The Sun has been emitting some strong solar flares as of late, with one of the latest being the biggest in half a decade. The flare was classified as an X8.7, with X-class denoting the most intense flares, and the number providing more information about its strength.
According to the Space Weather Prediction...
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If you were paying any attention at all yesterday, you probably noticed that the internet was ablaze with news of the incoming solar flares and the comensurate geomagnetic storms. It has since arrived, creating supercharged Northern and Southern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, which delivered dazzling light shows, most...
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NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) is currently monitoring the sun after a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) erupted on May 8, 2024. Space weather forecasters have issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the evening of Friday, May 10.
According to NASA, the Sun emitted two...
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NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory, or SDO, detected three strong solar flares with the potential to disrupt radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and could even pose a risk to spacecraft and astronauts. The first flare detected was an X1.8 flare, the second flare being classified as an X1.7...
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NASA was able to capture a striking image of a massive solar flare being emitted from the Sun on Thursday, which was so powerful that it caused a radio blackout in parts of the Americas. The flare, classified as an X2.8 flare, is the most powerful recorded since 2017.
According to reports, the explosion more than...
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A duo of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is projected to combine into one "cannibal" CME before impacting Earth later today. The combo could potentially cause a very strong geomagnetic storm here on Earth.
NASA describes a CME as a magnetically generated solar phenomenon that can hurl billions of tons of solar...
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NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) captured a stunning image of an X1.0 solar flare. The event took place on July 2, 2023, and caused a temporary degradation or complete loss of High-Frequency radio signals in some parts of the world.
NASA has been studying how the Sun creates solar activity and drives space...
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An international team of researchers used AI to identify relationships between solar wind measurements from heliophysics missions and geomagnetic perturbations observed at ground stations across the globe. The result was a computer model called DAGGER (Deep Learning Geomagnetic Perturbation), which can predict...
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NASA just shareed some amazing images of a powerful solar flare emitted by our Sun on March 3, 2023. The images were taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), and show a subset of extreme ultraviolet light, highlighting the immensely hot material contained within the solar flares.
Solar flares are mammoth...
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ESA's Solar Orbiter spotted a snake slithering through the Sun's magnetic field recently. The sighting of the snake was a precursor to a much larger eruption.
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter is billed as "the most complex scientific laboratory ever to have been sent to the Sun." The spacecraft is...
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of an intense solar flare on October 2, 2022. The solar flare was accompanied by a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlighted the hot material.
There is no mistaking the Sun as a hot spot in space. Sometimes, however, Earth's star emits bursts of energy...
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A geomagnetic storm watch is in effect for August 17-19 due to multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that have departed from the Sun since August 14, 2022. The resultant disturbed solar wind field and geomagnetic responses are considered to be enough for a potential G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storm on August 18th, and...
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A gigantic sunspot that doubled in size in just 24 hours, is now facing Earth with the possibility of emitting a solar flare that could knock out communications on our humble rock.
Sunspots are darkened patches on the Sun caused by its magnetic field, according to NASA. These spots are often precursors to solar...
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An X-class solar flare erupted on the Sun that caused a fierce X1.5-class solar flare on May 10th. The radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere, instigating a shortwave radio blackout around the Atlantic Ocean and may have slung a complicated CME toward Earth.
In the last month, the Earth has...
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