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Huge X-Class Flare From The Sun Brings Aurora Hopes And Artemis II FearsHard as it may be to believe, this is the Sun being relatively quite, hours after a giant flare directed at the Earth.

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Huge X-Class Flare From The Sun Brings Aurora Hopes And Artemis II FearsHard as it may be to believe, this is the Sun being relatively quite, hours after a giant flare directed at the Earth.
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Huge X-Class Flare From The Sun Brings Aurora Hopes And Artemis II Fears

clock-iconJanuary 19, 2026
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This Spring's Massive Aurora-Sparking Solar Storm Has Given Earth A New RingAn artist’s concept of the Van Allen belts with a cutaway section of the two giant donuts of radiation that surround Earth.

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This Spring's Massive Aurora-Sparking Solar Storm Has Given Earth A New RingAn artist’s concept of the Van Allen belts with a cutaway section of the two giant donuts of radiation that surround Earth.
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This Spring's Massive Aurora-Sparking Solar Storm Has Given Earth A New Ring

clock-iconAugust 19, 2024
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Strongest Solar Flare In Years Affected Curiosity’s Camera On MarsA coronal mass ejection is seen lifting plasma from the limb of the Sun in enormous arcs

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Strongest Solar Flare In Years Affected Curiosity’s Camera On MarsA coronal mass ejection is seen lifting plasma from the limb of the Sun in enormous arcs
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Strongest Solar Flare In Years Affected Curiosity’s Camera On Mars

clock-iconJune 11, 2024
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Watch Two Connected Solar Flares Explode Half-Way Across The Sun From Each OtherThe simultaneous flares came from the AR3559 group(top center) and AR3561, the lower line of spots on the right of the photo.

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Watch Two Connected Solar Flares Explode Half-Way Across The Sun From Each OtherThe simultaneous flares came from the AR3559 group(top center) and AR3561, the lower line of spots on the right of the photo.
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Watch Two Connected Solar Flares Explode Half-Way Across The Sun From Each Other

clock-iconJanuary 24, 2024
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Listen To The Radio Blackout Created By The Strongest Solar Flare In 6 YearsAn image of the Sun in UV showing among many feature the overexposed effect of a flare on the detector

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Listen To The Radio Blackout Created By The Strongest Solar Flare In 6 YearsAn image of the Sun in UV showing among many feature the overexposed effect of a flare on the detector
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Listen To The Radio Blackout Created By The Strongest Solar Flare In 6 Years

clock-iconDecember 20, 2023
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The Sun Just Unleashed The Most Powerful Solar Flare Seen In 6 YearsA picture of the Sun in ultraviole showign lots of activity and a flare towards the right side of the disk, saturating the camera.

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The Sun Just Unleashed The Most Powerful Solar Flare Seen In 6 YearsA picture of the Sun in ultraviole showign lots of activity and a flare towards the right side of the disk, saturating the camera.
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The Sun Just Unleashed The Most Powerful Solar Flare Seen In 6 Years

clock-iconDecember 15, 2023
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How Will The Next Big Solar Flare Affect Our Planet?This image shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side of the sun and an eruption of solar material shooting through the sun’s atmosphere.

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How Will The Next Big Solar Flare Affect Our Planet?This image shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side of the sun and an eruption of solar material shooting through the sun’s atmosphere.
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How Will The Next Big Solar Flare Affect Our Planet?

clock-iconOctober 20, 2023
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IFLScience The Big Questions: Are We Ready For The Next Massive Solar Flare?The sun showing solar flares and eruptions of plasma from its surface

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IFLScience The Big Questions: Are We Ready For The Next Massive Solar Flare?The sun showing solar flares and eruptions of plasma from its surface
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IFLScience The Big Questions: Are We Ready For The Next Massive Solar Flare?

clock-iconOctober 13, 2023
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Tiny Plasma Jets Might Be The Source Of The Mysterious Solar WindThe Sun's south pole as imaged by EUI on March 30, 2022 in unprecedented resolution.

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Tiny Plasma Jets Might Be The Source Of The Mysterious Solar WindThe Sun's south pole as imaged by EUI on March 30, 2022 in unprecedented resolution.
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Tiny Plasma Jets Might Be The Source Of The Mysterious Solar Wind

clock-iconAugust 24, 2023
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Solar Storms Are On The Increase, What Does That Mean For Us?The Sun seeing release plasma into space as well as a flare on its surface.

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Solar Storms Are On The Increase, What Does That Mean For Us?The Sun seeing release plasma into space as well as a flare on its surface.
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Solar Storms Are On The Increase, What Does That Mean For Us?

clock-iconAugust 7, 2023
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Mystery Of Flare A Trillion Times More Powerful Than The Largest Solar Flares SolvedA simulation of the later stages of the process ending with the destruction of the planet

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Mystery Of Flare A Trillion Times More Powerful Than The Largest Solar Flares SolvedA simulation of the later stages of the process ending with the destruction of the planet
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Mystery Of Flare A Trillion Times More Powerful Than The Largest Solar Flares Solved

clock-iconJune 21, 2023
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Watch Out For Auroras Caused By Flares From A Backwards Sunspotnorthern lights (Aurora borealis)

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Watch Out For Auroras Caused By Flares From A Backwards Sunspotnorthern lights (Aurora borealis)
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Watch Out For Auroras Caused By Flares From A Backwards Sunspot

clock-iconMay 9, 2023
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The Sun’s Truly Awake As New X Flare Erupts From Its AtmosphereThe full disk of the Sun in Ultraviolet light

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The Sun’s Truly Awake As New X Flare Erupts From Its AtmosphereThe full disk of the Sun in Ultraviolet light
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The Sun’s Truly Awake As New X Flare Erupts From Its Atmosphere

clock-iconMarch 30, 2023
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Sunspot Erupts Sending Shockwave Through Sun's Atmosphere At 1.8 Million MPHEarly this morning sunspot AR3213 flung out an M3.7-class solar flare and shockwave through its atmosphere. Image credit: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory

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Sunspot Erupts Sending Shockwave Through Sun's Atmosphere At 1.8 Million MPHEarly this morning sunspot AR3213 flung out an M3.7-class solar flare and shockwave through its atmosphere. Image credit: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory
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Sunspot Erupts Sending Shockwave Through Sun's Atmosphere At 1.8 Million MPH

clock-iconFebruary 10, 2023
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A Large Eruption From The Sun Slammed Into Our Planet This Weekarticle image

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A Large Eruption From The Sun Slammed Into Our Planet This Weekarticle image
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A Large Eruption From The Sun Slammed Into Our Planet This Week

clock-iconOctober 14, 2021
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