X9 solar flare launched from sun is the biggest in 7 years — and …
WEB3 days ago — A X7.1 solar flare exploded from the sun at around at around 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday (Oct. 1). At the time, it was the second most powerful flare of the current solar cycle.
Northern light forecast: Solar flares may cause faint auroras | AP News
WEB2 days ago — Updated 8:45 AM PDT, October 4, 2024. NEW YORK (AP) — Solar storms may cause faint northern lights across fringes of the northern United States over the weekend as forecasters monitor for possible disruptions to power and communications. The sun’s magnetic field is currently at the peak of its 11-year cycle, making solar storms …
Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the ...
WEB3 days ago — The sun has just unleashed its most powerful solar flare this cycle, a colossal X-class eruption. The X9.05 solar flare peaked at 8:10 a.m. EDT (1210 GMT), triggering shortwave radio blackouts over Africa and Europe, the sunlit portion of Earth at the time of eruption. The solar flare emanated from the sunspot group AR3842, which has made ...
NASA SVS | Sun Emits X9.0 Flare on October 3, 2024
WEB4 days ago — Sun Emits X9.0 Flare on October 3, 2024. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X9.0 solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the center – on Oct. 03, 2024. The image shows a blend of 171 Angstrom, and 131 Angstrom light, subsets of extreme ultraviolet light. Credit: NASA/SDO.
Monster X-class flare launches massive solar storm towards Earth …
WEB5 days ago — The X-class solar flare — the most powerful type the sun can produce — exploded outward from sunspot AR3842 near the solar equator at around 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday (Oct. 1). The flare had a...
Sun news October 5: Could it be an aurora weekend? - EarthSky
WEB2 days ago — Tuesday’s huge X7.1 solar flare sent a chunk of sun-stuff – a coronal mass ejection – toward Earth. It’s expected to glance our magnetic field sometime between late today and early ...
Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost two decades | AP News
WEBMay 15, 2024 — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places. “Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in an update.
The stormy sun erupts with its biggest solar flare yet from a …
WEBMay 11, 2024 — The sun unleashed its strongest eruption of the weekend yet, spawning a radio blackout and is still crackling with solar storms.
Behemoth sunspot AR3664 unleashes its biggest solar flare yet, …
WEBMay 10, 2024 — Colossal sunspot AR3664 has unleashed its most powerful solar flare yet, and Earth is once again in the firing line. The X3.98 flare peaked in the early hours this morning (May 10) at 2:54...
Sun unleashes monster X-class solar flare, most powerful since …
WEBDec 14, 2023 — Our star unleashed an X-class solar flare today (Dec. 14), blasting out an immense pulse of high-energy radiation that was captured on video by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft.