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Sun smacks Earth with 2 powerful, back-to-back X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the US
The sun flashed back-to-back powerful X-class solar flares at the Earth. X-class flares are the mos…
Jenny McGrath
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Powerful solar flare that erupted from a sunspot three times the size of the Earth caused widespread radio blackouts
The solar flare was not facing Earth when it exploded, but its radiation still messed with our radi…
Marianne Guenot
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A powerful 'X-class' solar flare just hit Earth. Forecasters are bracing for more sun activity in the coming days.
A series of solar flares adds to a recent explosion of activity on the sun. It's a preview of solar…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Solar flare sparks radio blackout in parts of Asia and Australia
According to the US Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), the solar flare peaked late on April 17…
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The aurora may creep south on Saturday, appearing from Pennsylvania to Oregon because of a powerful solar flare
Scientists expect more solar storms and eruptions in the coming years, as the sun ramps up to peak …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Powerful solar flares have been causing radio blackouts on Earth here's a time-lapse video of 4 years of intense storms on the sun
The sun is getting more active, with scientists seeing more solar flares, coronal mass ejections, a…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA video shows the sun just blasted out 4 eruptions at the same time. The rare event may have sent plasma hurtling toward Earth.
The sun is near the peak of its power, which may explain four solar flares erupting at once. They'r…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Hannah …
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A stunning NASA time-lapse reveals a decade of the sun's solar flares, sunspots, and shifting magnetic energy
The bright flashes the video shows are eruptions like solar flares, while dark patches on the surfa…
Aria Bendix
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An 'Extreme' Solar Flare Just Erupted At Earth
According to Berman: "A government-sponsored panel in 2008 estimated that such a solar event today …
Ajai Raj
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How to stay safe in an extreme solar flare, where the sun bombards Earth with radiation and magnetic havoc
Preparing for an extreme solar storm mostly means getting ready to live without electricity for sev…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal tiny flares shooting from a 'hole' in the sun. They could explain how the sun blasts Earth with charged particles.
Solar Orbiter's discovery of these jets, called "picoflares," could solve the mystery of how the su…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA Just Released Surreal Footage Of A Solar Flare On The Sun
The AP has just released video from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The video shows a "mid-level…
Caroline Moss
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A spacecraft rocketing around the sun just beamed back the closest images ever taken of our star
The Solar Orbiter discovered little explosions happening all across the solar surface. They could c…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA footage reveals 4 types of solar eruptions and 'holes' that could affect Earth as the sun grows more active
The sun's activity is increasing with giant "holes," solar storms, and a plasma polar vortex. NASA …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The sun could release a 'superflare' 1,000 times more powerful than anything we've ever seen
That sounds bad enough, but a superflare would be 1,000 times more powerful than all previously rec…
Kelly Dickerson
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A sunspot four times the size of Earth is visible right now here's how to see it without a telescope
A huge sunspot is darkening the sun's face and you can easily spot it through solar glasses. Here's…