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A huge solar flare from the Sun may have caused radio blackouts last week, NASA experts have warned. Global communications ...
Astronomers have warned of solar storms and other extreme space weather over the coming days and weeks, as an active part of ...
The U.S. faces threats from EMPs, cyberattacks and AI, with experts warning of unpreparedness for infrastructure disruptions ...
The culprit? A fiery X2.7-class solar flare that erupted from sunspot AR4087 early Tuesday morning (May 14), sending charged particles and plasma hurtling toward Earth. And experts warn ...
Aisling O'Hare, who led the study, told Newsweek she's "excited" about what the science world can learn from the data.
The sun has unleashed the strongest solar flare of the year, triggering strong radio blackouts across the globe. Just after 11:30 a.m. ET, a massive X2.7-class solar flare erupted from a newly ...
More eruptions are anticipated as AR4087 moves toward Earths alignment. The sun erupted with the year's most powerful solar flare on Wednesday, triggering widespread radio blackouts. The massive ...
The sun roared to life early Tuesday (May 14), unleashing a powerful X-class solar flare from a newly emerging sunspot region AR4087. The eruption peaked at 4:25 a.m. EDT (0825 GMT), triggering ...
An SWPC map shows areas impacted by the solar flare. An SWPC map shows areas impacted by the solar flare. NOAA/SWPC A map from the SWPC showed an impact area centered largely on the Middle East ...
Well, that’s a bit dramatic (it explodes a lot) — but a particularly large sunspot named AR2781 produced a C5-class solar flare which is a medium-sized explosion even for the Sun. Flares range ...
Space Weather Live says the new solar flare is an X2.2. That makes it the most powerful solar flare the Sun has unleashed in the past five years. X-Class solar flares are the strongest possible.