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Dangerous sunspots could hurl out terrifying M-class solar flares at Earth!

17Apr

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Dangerous sunspots could hurl out terrifying M-class solar flares at Earth!

[ad_1] Remember the film 2012 which showed the end of the world, as predicted by the ancient Mayan civilisation thousands of years ago? The film's plot was based on the Sun releasing unstable neutrinos due to unusual energy processes in the Sun which were heating up Earth's core. Although this might seem like a terrifying scenario, the science behind the film was questionable. But the threat posed by the Sun is very true. Forecasters have recently discovered multiple sunspots on the solar surface which could hurl dangerous solar flares towards Earth.Solar flare riskAccording to a report by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), multiple sunspots, named AR3280 and AR3281, have been observed in the solar regions. These sunspots are dangerous as they currently have unstable 'beta-gamma' ...

Solar storm ALERT! M3-class solar flare sparks blackouts over Indian Ocean

7Apr

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Solar storm ALERT! M3-class solar flare sparks blackouts over Indian Ocean

[ad_1] The Earth might have lucked out on Wednesday when it narrowly escaped the incoming wave of a coronal mass ejection (CME) cloud and avoided a solar storm event. However, things took a turn for the worse towards the south on Thursday, April 6, when a newly formed sunspot exploded spewing out an M3-class solar flare. The flare was Earth-directed and the high radiation has affected the Indian Ocean region. Multiple south Asian countries including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China, Japan and South Korea have fallen into its geoeffective area. The flare eruption has also caused a shortwave radio blackout in the region for a temporary period.The incident was reported by SpaceWeather.com which noted in its website, “There's a new sunspot rotating over the sun's southeastern limb, and i...

Dangerous sunspot AR3089 ready to blow up, threatens to blast Solar storms to Earth

20Sep

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Dangerous sunspot AR3089 ready to blow up, threatens to blast Solar storms to Earth

[ad_1] The dangerous sunspot AR3089 has appeared on the Sun. Terrifyingly, it can send X-class solar flares and severe solar storms shooting towards Earth. The Sun is displaying scarily erratic behavior as we reach near the peak of its solar maximum phase. On September 18, three regions in the southern hemisphere of the Sun simultaneously exploded, releasing high amounts of magnetic charge and solar particles. Luckily that wasn't in the direction of the Earth. But something far scarier has now appeared in front of our planet. A sunspot called AR3089 has come into Earth's view. This sunspot was earlier seen in September and it was noted that it carried an X-class solar flare capable magnetic field. It was spotted using the tec...

Terrifyingly powerful solar flare smashes into Earth; causes blackouts in Africa, solar storm coming today?

17Sep

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Terrifyingly powerful solar flare smashes into Earth; causes blackouts in Africa, solar storm coming today?

[ad_1] An M-class solar flare, the strongest of its kind, struck Earth yesterday. The powerful burst of X-rays and UV radiation caused a radio blackout all over Africa. Know if a solar storm will hit today. The Sun took a violent turn yesterday. A solar flare erupted from within the sunspot AR3098. This was no ordinary sunspot as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) classified it as an M-class solar flare. This is one of the strongest types of solar flares that exist. The event was recorded using the tech marvel DSCOVR satellite. It has various instruments to observe temperature, speed, density, degree of orientation and frequency of solar particles ejecting from the Sun and calculates their intensity. T...

BEWARE! Solar flares causing blackouts, GPS crashes

31Aug

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BEWARE! Solar flares causing blackouts, GPS crashes

[ad_1] As many as three solar flares were emitted by the Sun in the past couple of days, causing blackouts, GPS crashes, auroras and more. Our Sun is in the middle of its 11-year solar cycle, resulting in increased solar activity. Earth has faced numerous solar flares these past few months and more are expected as the Sun moves ahead in its cycle. As many as three solar flares have been observed being emitted from the Sun in the past couple of days. According to spaceweather.com, three solar flares were detected emitting from the Sun between August 27 and August 29. A powerful M8-class flare was emitted on Monday, August 29 at 7:07 a.m. EDT. M-class solar flares can cause blackouts, GPS crashes on the negative side and on ...

Solar Storm will bring stunning auroras as NOAA issues solar flare warning

29Aug

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Solar Storm will bring stunning auroras as NOAA issues solar flare warning

[ad_1] A recent solar storm has resulted in the formation of stunning auroras which were captured from Earth as well as from space. Solar storms have been a frequent occurrence these past few months due to the Sun being at the peak of its 11-year solar cycle. Another batch of solar flares were sent hurtling towards the Earth from a sunspot on August 26, Friday. Spaceweather.com said in a statement, “Sunspot AR3089 is crackling with a series of intensifying M-class solar flares.” A huge solar flare was observed at 7:16 a.m. EDT, causing radio blackouts in Africa and Europe, according to NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has also warned that a strong solar flare which e...