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A solar flare is a relatively intense, localized emission of electromagnetic radiation in the Sun's atmosphere. Flares occur in active regions and are often, but not always, accompanied by coronal mass ejections, solar particle events, and other eruptive solar phenomena. The occurrence of solar flares varies with the 11-year solar cycle.
Three solar flares occurred over a 24-hour period this week. While we may not see them with a naked eye, they can affect Earth. Here's how.
Our life-giving death star is experiencing its "solar maximum," which sounds like the name of a Christian rock band and is defined as the peak activity period within the sun's 11-year solar cycle.
Solar flares are intense, localized bursts of electromagnetic radiation from the sun, releasing immense energy over short periods. These events impact Earth's upper atmosphere and can occasionally ...
Human-induced forcings are needed to reproduce the late-20th century warming. [25] Some studies associate solar cycle-driven irradiation increases with part of twentieth century warming. [26] [27] Three mechanisms are proposed by which solar activity affects climate: Solar irradiance changes directly affecting the climate ("radiative forcing ...
Post-eruptive loops in the wake of a solar flare, image taken by the TRACE satellite (photo by NASA). In solar physics, a solar particle event (SPE), also known as a solar energetic particle event or solar radiation storm, [a] [1] is a solar phenomenon which occurs when particles emitted by the Sun, mostly protons, become accelerated either in the Sun's atmosphere during a solar flare or in ...
A growing body of research is finding evidence of violent solar flares deposited in natural archives like tree rings and glacial ice.. Scientists have so far identified five extreme solar particle ...
This solar cycle affects solar irradiation and influences space weather, terrestrial weather, and climate. The solar cycle also modulates the flux of short-wavelength solar radiation, from ultraviolet to X-ray and influences the frequency of solar flares , coronal mass ejections and other solar eruptive phenomena.