solar flares
Solar Storm Heading Our Way
Early today, (Aug 3, 2011) two active regions on the Sun, sunspot 1261 and 1263 unleashed solar flares, which was…
13 years ago
Interacting Sunspots Spawn Gigantic Solar Flare
From a RAS press release: The largest solar flare recorded in nearly five years was triggered by interactions between five…
14 years ago
Sun Erupts with Enormous X2 Solar Flare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ZiLl8hMBs Just in time for Valentine’s Day, [and the Stardust flyby of Comet Tempel 1] the Sun erupted with a…
14 years ago
Solar Flares Can Now Be Predicted More Accurately
[/caption] We all like to know in advance what the weather is going to be like, and space weather is…
15 years ago
Eclipse Sunspots Signal Increased Activity
[/caption] Astrophotographers capturing the recent annular solar eclipse on January 15, 2010 got an added bonus: upon closer inspection, they…
15 years ago
MESSENGER Solves Solar Flare Mystery
[/caption] In a case of being in the right place at the right time, the MESSENGER spacecraft was able to…
15 years ago