A solar flare is a burst of radiation on the sun, according to NASA. They are the most powerful explosions in the solar system, with the biggest ones having as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs.

they can can contain as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs, according to NASA. Solar flares are classified according to their intensity, with X being the highest on the scale. X-class solar ...

In both series of experiments it was found that the intensity of solar radiation approximately conformed to that emitted by a black body at a temperature of 6,000° K.

CALCULATION of the probable intensity of solar radiation on a surface which is inclined to the horizontal and at any attitude or azimuth relative to the Sun's meridian is frequently necessary in ...

In solar cells and light-emitting diodes, maintaining the excited state kinetics of molecules against annihilation is a race against time. These systems need to strike a careful balance between ...

The sun has been unleashing a series of intense solar flares in recent weeks and much of last year as scientists forecast the sun has reached its solar maximum, an 11-year cycle. However, some ...

Geoengineering New Research Suggests Solar Geoengineering Could Safely Lower Global Temperatures We should stop hemming and hawing and try building an emergency backup cooling system for the ...

Florida is known as the Sunshine State, but when it comes to its solar resource strength — the intensity of the sun’s rays — it ranks ninth. Arizona has the most favorable amount of energy ...

A composite image of passenger airplane flying by solar eclipse. getty Are airline passengers at risk from radiation in the form of galactic cosmic rays and occasional solar flares?

While solar storms can create new radiation belts like this, solar storms can also destroy them. A modestly powerful storm in June 2024 reduced the electron-dominated belt, and another storm in ...

US authorities have issued a minor geomagnetic storm watch for the planet as scientists observed powerful flares on the sun over the weekend.

Key meteorological conditions, such as downward surface shortwave radiation, intensify ozone pollution, yet how these meteorological conditions or associated mechanisms respond to global warming ...