A
sunspot the
size of 5
Earths unleashed a
spectacular solar flare this week
A NASA satellite tasked with keeping an eye on the sun captured the moment a
solar flare burst from the star on Sunday.
The “mid-level”
flare — seen by NASA’s
solar Dynamics Observatory — erupted from a
sunspot five times the
size of the Earth.*The
sunspot is moving out of view of the Earth **w due to the sun's rotation.
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Sun unleashes first X-class solar flare of 2015
Solar flares are huge eruptions of radiation that burst forth from the star when the sun’s magnetic fields break and release energy.
The April 17
flare was classified as an M6.7-class
flare which are “a tenth the
size of the most intense flares, the X-class flares,”
NASA said Read more...
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04-20-2016, 02:28 AM
A sunspot the size of 5 Earths unleashed a spectacular solar flare this week
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