Solar flares are closely related to another solar ... Background: the aurora in rich jewel-tone colors, red, magenta, and green. Foreground: trees in silhouette, and the reflection of the aurora ...

The Northern Lights forecast is looking up in the wake of a series of several large solar X-ray flares, with the nights of ...

X3.98 — May 10 This solar flare also originated from active ... a large bright spot emerges against a field of swirling green Another flare earlier in May was launched from active region AR ...

There were a total of 54 X-class flares in 2024, according to SpaceWeatherLive.com, which maintains the oldest and most accurate publicly available dataset on solar flares.That is the highest ...

The sun released over 50 X-class solar flares in 2024! Here we take a look at some of the best. It's been a busy year on the sun, as it officially entered the peak of its roughly 11-year cycle of ...

On Oct. 3, the sun unleashed the most powerful solar flare of the current solar cycle yet. The X-class flare — the most powerful type the sun is capable of producing — reached a magnitude of ...

While technical systems are expected to experience only moderate effects during the storm, the solar flare that triggered these CMEs caused a brief shortwave radio blackout over parts of Africa ...

In the final hours of Christmas Day, the sun fired off four solar flares within less than three hours. The biggest flare of the series, recorded at a M7.3, erupted from sunspot region AR3938 on Dec.

Multiple states saw the multi-colored light show from a severe storm on New Year’s Eve and Day. Minor-to-moderate radio blackouts due to solar flare activity are also likely through Sunday, according ...