Lightning Impacts Edge of Space in Ways Not Previously Observed
Solar flares jetting out from the sun and thunderstorms generated on Earth impact the planet’s ionosphere in different ways, which have implications for the ability…
Solar Flare
Powerful X-class Solar Flare Erupts From Sun
The Sun emitted a significant solar flare peaking at 10:29 a.m. EDT on July 3, 2021. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured…
New Formation Mechanism Proposed for Solar Coronal Rain
Rain is a common phenomenon on Earth. There is a similar phenomenon on the Sun, called coronal rain. It is related to the coronal heating…
Artificial Intelligence Helps Understand the Evolution of Young Stars and Their Planets
University of Chicago scientists teach a neural net to find baby star flares. Like its human counterparts, a young star is cute but prone to…
Scientists Analyze Sunquakes: Can Ripples on the Sun Help Predict Solar Flares?
Scientists analyze sunquakes to pinpoint flare energy source, perhaps predict flare severity. Solar flares are violent explosions on the sun that fling out high-energy charged…
First Physics-Based Method for Predicting Large Solar Flares
Solar flares emit sudden, strong bursts of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun’s surface and its atmosphere, and eject plasma and energetic particles into inter-planetary space….
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Spots Burst of Light and Energy on the Sun: A B-Class Flare
Late on August 16, 2020, the Sun released a burst of light and energy known as a solar flare. This B1-class solar flare – the…
New Japanese Telescope Detects Immense “Superflare” on Nearby Star
KyotoU’s new Seimei telescope detects enormous ‘superflare’ on nearby star The cold, dark chaos of space is filled with mystery. Fortunately, the ways in which…
Space Weather Satellite Set to Go Where No Mission Has Gone Before
Living near a star is risky business, and positioning a spacecraft near the Sun is a very good way to observe rapidly changing solar activity…
Astronomers Reveal How a Magnetic Cage Stopped a Solar Eruption
A dramatic magnetic power struggle at the Sun’s surface lies at the heart of solar eruptions, new research using NASA data shows. The work highlights…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Detects Solar Flare Pulses at Sun and Earth
When our Sun erupts with giant explosions — such as bursts of radiation called solar flares — we know they can affect space throughout the…
Electrically Charged Particles Could Impact Future Missions to Martian Moons
New research from NASA suggests that the solar wind creates a complex electrical environment around Phobos, giving its night side and shadowed craters a static…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Image of Mid-level Flare
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of a mid-level solar flare emitted from the sun on September 4th. The sun emitted a mid-level solar…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Views a Trio of Solar Flares
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the new images of the three solar flares. The sun emitted a trio of mid-level solar flares on April 2-3,…
Fermi Views Gamma Rays from Solar Flares on the Far Side of the Sun
New research from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals high-energy light from solar eruptions located on the far side of the sun, which should block…
VLA Provides New Insights into Solar Flares
Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Radio Telescope, along with other telescopes at ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths, astronomers reveal new insights into solar…
M7.9-Class Solar Flare Seen by Solar Dynamics Observatory
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, an M7.9-class, peaking at 4:16 a.m. EDT on June 25, 2015. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Views M-Class Solar Flare
The first significant solar flare of 2015 was spotted by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 11:24 p.m….