NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Views Two New Solar Flares
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spots two new solar flares. The sun ushered out 2013 and welcomed 2014 with two mid-level flares on December 31, 2013…
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NASA Spacecraft Observe Magnetic Reconnection in Action
By combining data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, scientists were able to create a comprehensive view…
Study Reveals Turbulence Responsible for Magnetic Field Misbehavior in Solar Flares
In a newly published study, researchers from John Hopkins University detail the role of turbulence in magnetic field misbehavior of solar flares. When a solar…
NASA Looks at the Impacts of Strong Solar Flares
As solar activity continues to build up toward what is known as solar maximum, NASA details the impacts of CME’s and space weather on Earth….
The Sun Celebrates Independence Day with Solar Flare
The Sun celebrated July 4, 2012 by sending out an M5.3 class solar flare from region AR1515, the same region that produced an M5.6 class…
New Light Shed on the Origins of Extreme Space Storms
Based on data from the Hinode satellite, a newly published study provides the first evidence of plasma upflows traveling at around 20 km per second…
Fermi Detects the Highest-Energy Light Ever Associated with an Eruption on the Sun
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured dramatic views of the March 7 X5.4 solar flare in extreme ultraviolet light. The gold images show the sun…
Puzzling Radiation Bursts Recorded in Tree Rings 1,200 Years Ago
1,200 years ago, tree rings recorded an abnormally large radiation burst. It’s even more mysterious since this spike in carbon-14 levels indicates a massive cosmic…
Solar Particles Infiltrate Earth’s Atmosphere Causing a GLE
In an attempt to better understand the sun and the space weather system that surrounds Earth, scientists are gathering information and looking at a unique…
NASA Captures Image of M1 Coronal Mass Ejection
As major solar activity continues, NASA captured an image and video of the latest class M1 coronal mass ejection. A beautiful prominence eruption producing a…
New Image of an M7.9 Flare from Active Region 1429
NASA released a new image of a solar flare from active region 1429. On March 13, 2012, the sun erupted with an M7.9-class flare that…
NASA Continues to Monitor Solar Flares
As NASA continues to give updates on the solar flares this week, they also put together a nice summary of space weather and the effects…
NOAA Solar Eruption Classifications
The sun erupted on January 22-23, 2012 with an M8.7 class flare, captured here in a movie by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The flare…
Solar Flare Causes Powerful Solar Radiation Storm
The most powerful solar radiation storm since 2005 was caused by a solar energetic particle event concurrent with an M8.7 class flare and a coronal…