Sunspot AR3500 blasted a M9.8-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured footage of the flare in multiple wavelengths. Views from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ...
A pair of solar eruptions may combine into a powerful "cannibal CME," boosting chances for dazzling auroras over Labor Day. Heads up aurora chasers! A powerful solar storm is on its way and could ...
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The strength of the April 2023 geomagnetic storm was a surprise in part because the coronal mass ejection (CME) that produced it followed a relatively weak solar flare, seen as the bright area to the ...
The highest-resolution images of a solar flare captured at the H-alpha wavelength (656.28 nm) ever captured may reshape how we understand the sun's magnetic architecture—and improve space weather ...
An image sequence from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph Experiment (LASCO) C2 coronagraph observing a fast coronal mass ejection, as mentioned in ...