Sun news: The sun produced 24 flares in the past day! - EarthSky
3 days ago · Last 24 hours: Solar activity remained low over the past day. The sun produced twelve C class flares between 11 UTC yesterday and 11 UTC today. The largest flare was a C6.2 sparked by sunspot...
Solar flares - SpaceWeatherLive.com
What are solar flares? What is a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)? The plot on this page shows us the most recent 24-hour solar X-ray data from the primary GOES satellite.
Sun unleashes massive X1.1 solar flare to close out 2024 (photo)
Early Sunday (Dec. 29), the sun fired off a class X1.1 solar flare, one of the most powerful types of solar explosions possible, in what may be its last major flare of 2024.
X-class solar flares hit a new record in 2024 and could spike
Jan 10, 2025 · Spotting solar flares. Most X-class flares are pretty hard to miss, Scott McIntosh, a solar physicist and vice president of the new space weather solutions company Lynker Space, told Live Science ...
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THIS COULD BE A FLARE-Y WEEKEND: Yesterday's M7.4-class solar flare could be the opening salvo of a flare-y weekend. Three sunspots (3959, 3961, 3964) facing Earth have unstable magnetic fields. NOAA forecasters estimate a 70% chance of M-class flares and a 30% chance of X-flares on Jan. 18th. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text.
Sun Releases 3 Strong Solar Flares – Solar Cycle 25 - NASA Blogs
Dec 30, 2024 · 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 ...
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Dec 8, 2024 · Solar activity has been on the rise again thanks to flaring activity coming from sunspot region 3947. It has been responsible for multiple M-class events and three low-level X-class events including an X1.8 solar flare today that peaked at 12:48 UTC. Read more.
Sun releases the strongest flare in current cycle from the same ... - CNN
May 14, 2024 · 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...
Sun erupts with most powerful solar flare since 2017 amid …
Feb 23, 2024 · The sun has blasted out its most powerful flare of the current solar cycle. The X6.3 solar flare peaked in the afternoon on Thursday (Feb. 22) and is the most powerful flare since 2017.
The Sun Unleashed a Huge Solar Flare at Earth, And We're on …
Oct 3, 2024 · The Sun has started spooky season with a bang, letting loose on October 1 with a colossal flare and coronal mass ejection headed right for Earth. The flare clocked in at X7.1 – the second most powerful flare of the current solar cycle, and one of the most powerful solar flares ever measured, sitting within the top 30 flares over the last 30 ...
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