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On Tuesday, the sun launched its largest solar flare in seven years and the largest of the ongoing 11-year solar cycle. It marks the culmination of an excessively busy period for our closest star.

A solar flare on New Year's Eve, rated as an X-5, was the largest detected since the 2017 eclipse, when a X8.2 flare X8.2 flare occurred, according to NOAA. Solar flares are only expected to ...

A solar flare is an explosion of radiation that is produced by the sun and can result in solar storms Recently, the same powerful solar storm that created the bewildering Northern Lights seen ...

After causing the dazzling waves of aurora borealis this weekend, our Sun isn’t done yet: The strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle occurred Tuesday afternoon, according to the ...

An enormous sunspot that has doubled in size in only 24 hours is now facing Earth—meaning it could send a solar flare our way. Sunspots are dark areas on the sun's surface that are associated ...

appearing as dark "filaments" when silhouetted against the photosphere, or as pinkish prominences around the edge or limb of the sun (best seen during a total solar eclipse). A flare occurs when ...

Sunspot AR3757 erupted with an M1-class solar flare and a plasma plume. Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta I Asked 6 Chefs ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing j.thomson@newsweek.com. An unusually powerful X-class solar flare erupted from the sun's surface on Sunday, causing radio blackouts across the western ...

More intense solar storms just drive the polar lights closer to the Equator. Still, solar flares are complex phenomena with real hazards for Earth, even this far away from the Sun. A solar flare ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Earlier this week, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO ...