CAPE CANAVERAL: The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades on Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places.“Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in an update.It’s the biggest flare of this 11-year solar cycle, which is approaching its peak, … Read more
NEW DELHI: Sunspot AR3559 erupted in the early hours of Monday, emitting a powerful M6.7-class solar flare. The extreme ultraviolet flash, captured by Nasa‘s Solar Dynamics Observatory, portrayed the sun’s volatile behavior.The repercussions of this solar flare were immediate and diverse, with one of the most notable effects being a shortwave radio blackout that swept … Read more
BENGALURU: In a groundbreaking study, scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have unravelled the mysteries surrounding a solar burst that occurred on the west limb of the Sun in 2013. Using an array of ground-based optical and radio telescopes, as well as data from Nasa’s space-based satellites, researchers from IIA — an autonomous … Read more
A NASA telescope has captured the biggest solar flare in years, which temporarily knocked out radio communication on Earth. The sun spit out the huge flare along with a massive radio burst on Thursday, causing two hours of radio interference in parts of the U.S. and other sunlit parts of the world. Scientists at the … Read more
