Radiation levels at airline flight altitudes briefly reached levels that could be potentially harmful to pregnant women.
Solar flares and other activity can disrupt radio communications, power grids and navigation signals, according to NASA.
The Sun follows a 22-year magnetic cycle, with solar activity rising and peaking roughly every 11 years. But when conditions ...
A powerful X1.9 solar flare from new sunspot AR4299 triggered strong radio blackouts, as giant sunspot AR4294 rotates into ...
Sunspot AR3256 erupted with an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO | edited by Stev ...
The Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) onboard NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite (launched on June 24, 2024) monitors the sun for hazardous space weather that could affect Earth. Classified as an X9.0 flare, it ...
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A strong solar flare slightly less powerful than the one that caused May’s dazzling lights is expected to cause intense Northern Lights sightings across several U.S. states over the next few days.
The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...
A high-powered solar flare erupted from the sun last week, causing a major radio blackout in Europe and Asia. The eruption happened at 3:25 a.m., meaning that the sun wasn't in the Texas sky at the ...