The Earth was hit by an eruption of solar plasma that caused radio signal blackouts in Australia and Asia. These also apply to frequencies used in aviation. A long-lasting solar flare unleashed a large coronal mass ejection on Tuesday, which then headed toward Earth. According to the website Space.com a cloud of hot plasma flew … Read more
Satellites observing our nearest star have revealed a massive solar flare that was the strongest in years. For planet Earth, this could result in a geomagnetic storm that should manifest as early as Tuesday. In the northern hemisphere, where the Czech Republic is also located, the aurora borealis is most likely to appear. Scientists from … Read more
NASAThe eruption was captured by the NASA probe NOS Nieuws•gisteren, 22:21 A NASA telescope has captured the largest solar flare in recent years. This is the largest eruption on the Sun recorded since September 2017. Communications on Earth were also affected. According to experts from the US space agency, the eruption was on the northwestern … Read more
Scientists associate sunspots with the formation of eruptions and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), i.e. huge and violent explosions of solar energy, collectively referred to as solar storms. 🌞 Sun news for November 29, 2023: An almost X-flare sends a blob of sun our way 📰 Today’s top news: Bam! The sun almost… Posted by The … Read more
The latest images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, which is one of the satellites of the American space agency NASA, show a huge cluster of sunspots. They measure over 190,000 kilometers wide, i.e. 15 times more than the diameter of the planet Earth. At least six different groups make up the unprecedentedly large area of … Read more
The sun apparently works differently than we thought, the world’s scientists wonder. In the current images, they have newly observed a large polar vortex that rotates around the solar pole. Why it formed in such an unusual way on the surface of our star is not yet clear. According to astronomers, however, it is possible … Read more