A solar flare and a coronal mass ejection (CME) both erupted from the Sun on the summer solstice — June 20, 2013, right around 11:24 pm. The CME was Earth-directed, … [Read full article]
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Solar Flare Bonanza — Third X-Class Solar Flare Within 24 Hours Erupts From The Sun
Another powerful X-class solar flare just erupted from the Sun — the third within only 24 hours. the solar flare registered as a X3.2, making it the most powerful solar … [Read full article]
X-Class Solar Flare — First Two X-Class Solar Flares Of The Year Just Erupted (VIDEO)
The two strongest solar flares of the year just erupted from the Sun — an X1.7 and an X2.8 — the first X-class solar flares of the year. A coronal … [Read full article]
Solar Flares 2013: Solar Storms, Eruptions And CMEs, Outlook For The Year Ahead
Solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and other solar activity, will likely pick back up sometime later this year, before 2013 is over, according to researchers at NASA. The sun … [Read full article]
Solar Flare And Comet PANSTARRS Caught on Film Together By NASA's STEREO Spacecraft (VIDEO)
A sun-grazing comet and a solar eruption have been caught on film together by NASA’s twin STEREO spacecraft. The video shows comet Pan-STARRS and a massive coronal mass ejection (CME), … [Read full article]
Large Solar Eruption, CME Will Cause Strong Northern Lights Display This Week
A very large solar eruption just occurred on January 13, 2013, in the early morning hours. The Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, or CME, is very likely to trigger a strong … [Read full article]
Sun Erupts With Two Massive X-Class Solar Flares (VIDEOS)
[UPDATE: March 10, 2012; see below] Late yesterday morning, two massive X-class solare flares erupted form our sun’s surface. These are amongst the most powerful class of ‘solar storm’. One … [Read full article]
There Will Be No 2012 Killer Solar Flare, Promise
I don’t watch a heap of news, so I was surprised to hear that people are expecting 2012 to end thanks to a massive solar flare as a result of the oncoming solar maximum. Thankfully, even as I heard about it, I was reliably informed by scientists from NASA that such an event is a ‘physical impossibility’.
Another Giant Sun Spot Detected by NASA Satellite – 'Biggest in Years'
[updated content; Solar Flare, see below] At three times the diameter of the Earth — 25, 000 miles/40,000 km wide and 50,000miles / 80,000 km long — the newest sunspot … [Read full article]
Aurora Timelapse Seen From Above
Many of us will never see an aurora with our own eyes, so we resort to videos and images on the internet. One of the most amazing I’ve ever seen is this series of still images collated into a timelapse video taken from the International Space Station on September 17.
Dude, Surf's Up on the Sun — Classic 'Surfer' Waves Seen in Solar Atmosphere {VIDEO}
Surf’s up big time on the Sun, or just above the sun, in this case. Seems like NASA’s high resolution Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has caught conclusive evidence of classic “surfer waves” in the solar atmosphere — looking just like the kind in the opening sequence of ‘Hawaii Five-O’.
Large Solar Flare Erupts with 'Spectacular' Coronal Mass Ejection {VIDEO}
This Spring has been pretty exciting for solar activity…Following the ending of the longest ‘solar minimum’ in more than a century, our sun’s activity (solar cycle 24) picked up considerably over the course of the month of May, culminating in an impressive M-2 class (medium size) solar flare and “spectacular” coronal mass ejection (CME) on June 7.