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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.
The solar storms of May 2024 were a series of powerful solar storms with extreme solar flares and geomagnetic storm components that occurred from 10–13 May 2024 during solar cycle 25. The geomagnetic storm was the most powerful to affect Earth since March 1989 , [ a ] and produced aurorae at far more equatorial latitudes than usual in both ...
A powerful solar flare has been hurled out of the Sun, and could cause disruption on Earth. The flare comes amid increasing solar activity that ... and led to aurorae that were visible in both the ...
A severe geomagnetic storm reached Earth on Thursday, ... and researchers have observed increasingly intense solar flares ... scientists at the prediction center believe visible auroras are likely ...
The sun emits the largest solar flare of this 11-year cycle, as imaged by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on October 3. ... It was "the strongest solar storm to reach Earth in two decades and ...
An intense solar storm with about half the energy output of the March 1989 storm. Aurorae were visible in the US as far south as Texas [71] [72] Apr 2000 [73] Jul 2000 Bastille Day solar storm: Caused by an X8-class solar flare aimed directly at Earth Apr 2001
Due to a series of X-class solar flares (the most powerful category flare) and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that began on May 8, the lights will be visible in parts of the U.S. beginning Friday ...
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare on Oct. 1, 2024. NASA had a busy start to October, as the agency announced that the sun emitted several major solar flares ...