solar flares

Solar Storm Blasting to Mars Shuts Down Curiosity – 1st Rocky Sample Results on tap

Due to a fast approaching solar storm, NASA has temporarily shut down surface operations of the Curiosity Mars Science Lab…

12 years ago

The Truth About 2012: Killer Solar Flares Are a Physical Impossibility

NASA is trying to make sure that no one is taking the 2012 doomsday nonsense seriously, and just put out…

12 years ago

Fireworks from the Sun

From July 2 to July 5, the Sun shot off a whopping eighteen M-class solar flares. Most originated from Active…

12 years ago

New Warning System Designed to Keep Astronauts Safe from Solar Storms

A new solar storm prediction system based in Antarctica could provide astronauts in space warning time of over two hours…

12 years ago

A Close-up Look at the Massive Solar Storm that Shook the Sun

Here’s a close look at the large X5.4 solar flare that erupted on the Sun on March 7, 2012 at…

13 years ago

Sun Unleashes Powerful X-Class Solar Flare

The Sun has been quiet recently but early today (04:13 UTC on March 5, 2012) it unleashed a powerful X1-class…

13 years ago

Something New On the Sun: SDO Spots a Late Phase in Solar Flares

From a NASA press release: The Sun's surface dances. Giant loops of magnetized solar material burst up, twist, and fall…

13 years ago

Sun Erupts with Spectacular Flares

The Sun sent two flares yesterday from active region 1283. This video shows the second flare, at 6:12 p.m. EDT…

13 years ago

SDO’s Guide to Solar Flares

X-Class, M-Class, C-Class... What does it all that mean, and just what is a solar flare? This video from the…

13 years ago

Sun Erupts with Largest Solar Flare of the Cycle

Early Tuesday morning (August 9, 2011,) the Sun erupted with the largest solar flare of Cycle 24, registering as an…

13 years ago