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Powerful solar flare is headed towards Earth, Nasa says. Andrew Griffin. October 3, 2024 at 7:36 AM. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright ...
Charlotte Phillipp. October 3, 2024 at 6:46 PM. Authorities predict that states as far south as Oregon and Illinois will be able to see auroras between now and Oct. 6. NASA/SDO. NASA’s Solar ...
The good news is that Earth should be out of the line of fire this time because the flare erupted on a part of the sun moving away from Earth. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the bright flash of the X-ray flare. It was the strongest since 2005, rated on the scale for these flares as X8.7.
Northern Lights possible as solar storms gather. Georgina Rannard - Science reporter. October 4, 2024 at 11:09 AM. The very strong solar flare came from a region near the Sun's south-centre disc ...
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 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.
Post-eruptive loops in the wake of a solar flare, image taken by the TRACE satellite (photo by NASA). In solar physics, a solar particle event (SPE), also known as a solar energetic particle event or solar radiation storm, [a] [1] is a solar phenomenon which occurs when particles emitted by the Sun, mostly protons, become accelerated either in the Sun's atmosphere during a solar flare or in ...
The incoming solar storm arose from a strong flare near “Region 3500” on the Sun, scientists say. Solar storms are known to interfere with the Earth’s magnetic field and cause damages to ...