Detailed View of Solar Flare Birth Caught for the First Time

F or all of its life-sustaining energy, the sun is pretty chaotic. Roiling plasma covers its surface along with fluidic ...
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Solar flares might be triggered by magnetic avalanche behavior on the sun, reveal most detailed views yet

Solar flares have an enormous impact on the wider Solar System. These sudden releases of energy can cause geomagnetic storms ...

Solar flares triggered by cascading magnetic avalanches, new observations reveal

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

Largest solar storm in over 20 years captured by NASA: What does it impact? Auroras sightings reported

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. A SWPC report added that the storm calmed and reached G4 status again on ...

Largest solar storm in over 20 years lights up skies with rare auroras while disrupting signals worldwide

A rare solar storm, the strongest in over 20 years, disrupted signals and lit skies with vivid auroras worldwide, raising ...
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Spacecraft captures the "magnetic avalanche" that triggers giant solar explosions

Solar Orbiter has captured the clearest evidence yet that a solar flare grows through a cascading “magnetic avalanche.” Small ...
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Sun unleashes powerful X-flare, CME hits Earth sparking severe geomagnetic storm

The sun sure has woken up this week, unleashing a powerful X-class solar flare on Jan. 18 that hurled a colossal, fast-moving ...
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Huge X-class flare from the sun brings aurora hopes and Artemis II fears

Yesterday, sunspot 4341 unleashed an X-1.95 strength flare, accompanied by a large coronal mass ejection and so-called “flare ...