Flickering coronal "loops" on the Sun are warning signs of a coming solar eruption, paving the way for better space weather ...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time ...
The event, described by scientists as "very rare, beautiful, and even a bit strange," involved a cold prominence rich in ...
Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...
There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of ...
The sun's most active phase, solar maximum, kicked off in 2024, allowing an unusually high number of powerful X-class flares to explode from our home star. | Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL The number ...
and X classes) of solar flares during different solar cycle phases from 1996 to 2019 covering the solar cycles 23 and 24. During this period, a total of 19,126 solar flares were observed regardless ...
The Sun regularly produces solar flares, which are energetic outbursts of electromagnetic radiation. Sometimes, these flares are accompanied by plasma in events known as coronal mass ejections. Both ...
All of the activity sparks solar storms, specifically solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which hurl plasma and magnetic material into space. When that material collides with Earth’s ...
Solar activity is reckoned to be at a 23-year high. As if on cue, X-class solar flares on the sun — which are often followed by CMEs — occurred again on Friday, Jan. 3 and Saturday ...
The solar flare, classified as an X-class event with a strength of X1.2, erupted at 6:39 AM (Eastern Time) and reached its peak at 5:41 PM on Friday, January 3. It originated from the sunspot region ...
The center said this activity was M-class, or medium level. A strong X-class solar flare is seen on Friday morning bursting out of the sun’s upper left quadrant. The flare was captured by NOAA ...