solar flares
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
How Big Are Solar Flares?
With the recent activity on the Sun, we've used the words "massive" or "huge" to describe solar flares. But just…