Solar Fury Erupts: Sun Rings In the New Year With X1.8 Flare
1 day ago · A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI). Such intense flares have the potential to disrupt Earth’s radio communications, navigation systems, and power grids, while also endangering astronauts and spac
Sun news: Two X flares! - EarthSky
4 days ago · Solar activity has kicked up, with a surge in flaring including an X1.1 flare and 14 M flares. The GOES spacecraft observed the past 24 hours in the 195 angstrom wavelength. Images via NOAA...
Sun unleashes massive X1.1 solar flare to close out 2024 (photo)
Early Sunday (Dec. 29), the sun fired off a class X1.1 solar flare, one of the most powerful types of solar explosions possible, in what may be its last major flare of 2024.
Sun Releases Strong Solar Flare – Solar Cycle 25 - NASA Blogs
5 days ago · Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts. This flare is classified as an X1.1 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.
Strong Flare Erupts from Sun – Solar Cycle 25 - NASA Blogs
5 days ago · Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts. This flare is classified as an X1.2 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.
2025 First X-Class Solar Flare Radio Blackouts - ABP LIVE
4 days ago · The new year began with a dramatic display from the sun, which unleashed a major solar flare early on Friday, January 3. The solar flare, classified as an X-class event with a strength of X1.2, erupted at 6:39 AM (Eastern Time) and reached its peak at 5:41 PM on Friday, January 3. It originated from the sunspot region AR 3947, according to NASA.
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Dec 8, 2024 · Solar activity has been on the rise again thanks to flaring activity coming from sunspot region 3947. It has been responsible for multiple M-class events and three low-level X-class events including an X1.8 solar flare today that peaked at 12:48 UTC. Read more.
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CHANCE OF FLARES: Don't be surprised if there's an X-class solar flare today. Active sunspot AR3947 has a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for strong explosions. Indeed, it has already produced three X-flares since Jan. 3rd. NOAA estimates a 25% chance of another one today. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text.
X9 solar flare launched from sun is the biggest in 7 years — and …
Oct 4, 2024 · The flare had a magnitude of at least X9, making it the most powerful solar eruption of the current solar cycle — surpassing a monster X8.7 magnitude blast in May.
Sun erupts with most powerful solar flare since 2017 amid …
Feb 23, 2024 · The sun has blasted out its most powerful flare of the current solar cycle. The X6.3 solar flare peaked in the afternoon on Thursday (Feb. 22) and is the most powerful flare since 2017.
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