Sun erupts with powerful X1.2 solar flare, causes radio blackouts ...
2 days ago · The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning. The X-class solar flare peaked at an X.12 at 6:40 a.m. EST (1140 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 3), releasing a blast of ...
Sun news: X flare early today! - EarthSky
2 days ago · Solar activity has kicked up, with a surge in flaring including an X1.1 flare and 14 M flares. The GOES spacecraft observed the past 24 hours in the 195 angstrom wavelength. Images via NOAA...
Sun Releases 3 Strong Solar Flares – Solar Cycle 25 - NASA Blogs
6 days ago · Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts. The first flare is classified as an X1.1 flare. The second flare is classified as an X1.5 flare, and the third is classified as an X1.1 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the ...
Strong Flare Erupts from Sun – Solar Cycle 25 - NASA Blogs
2 days ago · Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts. This flare is classified as an X1.2 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.
Sun unleashes massive X1.1 solar flare to close out 2024 (photo)
6 days ago · But while the X1.1 solar flare was one of the most powerful type of flares possible, it wasn't the biggest solar flare of 2024. That title goes to an X9 solar flare on Oct. 3. It was the third ...
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Sunspot 3943 is growing and poses an iincreasing threat for Earth-directed solar flares. Photo credit: Enrique Torres of Medellin, Colombia. Note: On Nov. 26, 2024, a flood at Stanford University damaged a number of important SDO data …
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Solar activity reached high levels with an X2.1 solar flare that peaked at 19:02 UTC yesterday. This event came from sunspot region 3842 which was followed by a long duration X1.0 solar flare which was a combined effort between sunspot region 3842 and 3844.
Biggest solar flare in years disrupts radio signals on Earth | AP News
Dec 15, 2023 · The sun spit out the huge flare along with a massive radio burst on Thursday, causing two hours of radio interference in parts of the U.S. and other sunlit parts of the world. Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was the biggest flare since 2017, and the radio burst was extensive, affecting even the higher ...
Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost two decades | AP News
May 15, 2024 · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places. “Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in an update.
Sun erupts with powerful X2.3 solar flare, triggers radio blackouts ...
Nov 6, 2024 · A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.