Flickering, invisible space loops may help predict solar flares
It’s notoriously difficult to predict when the sun will belch out a large solar flare — an explosive burst of radiation that ...
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Scientists turn 3 years' worth of solar flares into audible sound (video)
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, pulling data from its Solar Orbiter probe, which it runs with NASA.
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Odd Flickering Observed on the Sun May Offer Early Warning for Dangerous Solar Flares
Researchers have made a potentially crucial breakthrough in solar science that could help predict solar flares with greater ...
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Video: See and hear three years of solar fireworks
At the start of this new year, we look back at close-up pictures and solar flare data recorded by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission over the last three years. See and hear for yourself how the ...
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Sun erupts with powerful X1.2 solar flare, causes radio blackouts (photo)
The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning. The X-class solar flare peaked at an X1.2 at 6:40 a.m. EST (1140 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 3), releasing a blast of ...
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X-class solar flares hit a new record in 2024 and could spike further this year — but the sun isn't entirely to blame, experts say
The most powerful flare of the current solar cycle was an X9 magnitude blast on Oct. 3, 2024. But during the last two solar cycles, there have been 14 different X-class flares with a higher ...
Invisible 'flickering' on the sun could predict potentially dangerous solar flares hours in advance
Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...