Solar Flare, Northern lights
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Extremely active sunspot AR3664 blasted a major X8.7-class solar flare. The sunspot was behind the incredible geomagnetic storms that recently bathed Earth in auroras. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA,
(CNN) — Powerful solar activity released by the sun reached Earth Monday, causing colorful auroral displays and GPS issues for aircraft, according to the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center, or SWPC. A solar radiation storm ...
Our sun is a roiling mass of energy, with solar flares exploding on its surface, sending gas, plasma, and light that blasts across the solar system. When radiation from extra-powerful flares breaks through Earth's outer protective magnetosphere, it can ...