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X-class solar flares hit a new record in 2024 and could spike further this year — but the sun isn't entirely to blame, experts say
There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of ...
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Multiple Wavelengths Of Sun Blasts X1.2-Class Solar Flare
Sunspot AR3256 erupted with an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...
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Close-Up View Of X1-Class Solar Flare Via NASA's IRIS Mission
NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare. See time-lapse footage of the blast that caused "a strong shortwave radio blackout over South America," ...
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This year’s first most intense solar flare registered Friday
The highest-class solar flare, this year’s first, occurred on Friday, the Moscow-based Institute of Applied Geophysics ...
Solar Fury Erupts: Sun Rings In the New Year With X1.8 Flare
A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet ...
Northern lights could be visible again in the US as another new flare erupts from the sun
The northern lights could once again grace US skies over the coming days. A minor geomagnetic storm is projected to impact ...
The Sun Is X-Flaring And The Northern Lights Are Coming — Here’s Where And When
The Northern Lights forecast is looking up in the wake of a series of several large solar X-ray flares, with the nights of ...
Video: See and hear three years of solar fireworks
At the start of this new year, we look back at close-up pictures and solar flare data recorded by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...
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Northern lights could be visible again in the US as another new flare erupts from the sun
A strong X-class solar flare is seen on Friday morning bursting ... when the sun becomes more active and stormy. In May of last year, multiple coronal mass ejections, created the strongest ...
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Two Earth-Facing Sunspots Blasting Powerful X And M Flares
Sunspots AR3664 and AR3663 have been erupting with X- and M-class solar flares. Both sunspots are Earth-facing and could potentially deliver a solar storm. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory ...