And now, a pair of freshly released GIFs — technically ... the space weather event in the context of its impact on Earth. See, solar flares like this are essentially a massive release of ...

A powerful X1.1-class solar flare was released by the sun on March 28, resulting in radio blackouts across North and South ...

Solar flares are classified based on their strength and fall into five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. An X-class solar flare is the most intense type of solar flare and can produce as ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Earth was hit by a massive X-class solar flare, creating an hour-long radio blackout in ...

If they happen to spray out in Earth’s direction, CMEs can cause geomagnetic storms that damage power systems on the ground or spacecraft in orbit. And solar flare radiation itself can disrupt ...

Also Read: Sun fires massive solar flares directly at Earth; Australia ... In a recent post, NASA shared two GIFs (graphics interchange format) which captured the moment two powerful solar ...

AR4048, a still-emerging sunspot that has yet to fully rotate to face Earth, has been crackling with activity, consistently firing off solar flares. Space weather forecasters are closely ...