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    Powerful X-Class Solar Flare Erupts From Sun – NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Image

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    SDO Solar Flare May 10, 2022
    NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash towards the middle of the Sun – on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in teal. Credit: NASA/SDO

    The Sun emitted a strong X-class solar flare on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, peaking at 9:55 a.m. EDT. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event.

    Activity on the sun has picked up dramatically in recent days, with many strong and moderate solar flares erupting.

    This flare is classified as an X-class flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, and navigation signals. They also pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts. More info on how flares are classified can be found here.

    NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory
    This animation of the Solar Dynamics Observatory shows it above the earth as it faces toward the Sun. SDO is designed to help us understand the Sun’s influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

    Please visit NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, the U.S. government’s official source for space weather forecasts, watches, warnings, and alerts, to see how space weather can affect Earth. NASA serves as the nation’s space weather research arm. NASA constantly monitors the Sun and our space environment with a network of spacecraft that investigate everything from the Sun’s activity to the solar atmosphere, as well as the particles and magnetic fields in the space surrounding Earth.

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    1. Patricia Boswell on

      WE have had a solar event recently in the news reporting that 30 states in the US have bee observing the Aurora Borealis. In Jacksonville Florida my son and I researched the internet about why–because this usually means possible dangerous solar activity. Our frustration was that none of the news channels taught the science behind the auroras. Not one channel that we watched. Please start giving this information that SDO is receiving to news channels. Citizens and especially students, need to know what these things are and not be called just “pretty!” They need to know the significance of having auroras appear in skies where you rarely or never see them!
      Thank you and a shout out to NASA for all the great things you are doing. Florida Teacher

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