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  2. A powerful solar storm is due to hit Earth on New Year's Eve ...

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    The first CME scheduled to reach our planet on New Year's Eve is likely associated with a recent M2 solar flare. The CME left the sun on Sunday at 1 a.m. ET, according to SpaceWeatherLive .

  3. Explosive sun: What are solar flares? How they affect us and ...

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    Solar flares decrease as the sun nears solar minimum. So, throughout the 11-year solar cycle, flares may occur several times a day or only a few times per month, according to NASA.

  4. Northern lights forecast for northern US, Midwest this week ...

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    The aurora is expected to be bright and visible in multiple northern U.S. states Oct. 3 through Oct. 5 as well as from the lower Midwest to Oregon.

  5. May 2024 solar storms - Wikipedia

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    On 8 May 2024, a solar active region which had been assigned the NOAA region number 13664 (AR3664) produced an X1.0-class and multiple M-class solar flares and launched several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) toward Earth. [6] On 9 May, the active region produced an X2.25- and X1.12-class flare each associated with a full-halo CME.

  6. Northern lights could be visible again in the US as another ...

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    A solar flare is an intense burst of radiation or light on the sun. Solar flares are the most powerful explosions in the solar system — and the biggest ones can have as much energy as a billion ...

  7. Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in nearly a decade, but ...

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    The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly a decade Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places. “Not done yet ...

  8. Solar flare - Wikipedia

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    A solar flare is a relatively intense, localized emission of electromagnetic radiation in the Sun's atmosphere. Flares occur in active regions and are often, but not always, accompanied by coronal mass ejections, solar particle events, and other eruptive solar phenomena. The occurrence of solar flares varies with the 11-year solar cycle.

  9. Solar cycle 24 - Wikipedia

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    Four solar flares occurred within 5 days from sunspot AR 12192, which is both the largest sunspot of solar cycle 24 and the largest since 1990. On October 19 there was a major X1.1-class solar flare. On October 22 an M8.7-class flare was followed by an X1.6 event. The October 24 X3.1-class solar flare was strong enough to trigger a radio blackout.