Related: Watch the sun erupt in 1st images from NOAA's groundbreaking new satellite On Oct. 3, the sun unleashed the most powerful solar flare of the ... solar surface and drag fiery plasma ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space, NASA scientists snapped huge loops of plasma leaping from the sun ...

Solar flares can disrupt satellite communications, GPS systems, and power grids on Earth, while also exposing astronauts and spacecraft to dangerous levels of radiation. A reliable early warning ...

Well, that’s a bit dramatic (it explodes a lot) — but a particularly large sunspot named AR2781 produced a C5-class solar flare which ... propagates differently), satellite radio, or they ...

The event follows reports of at least seven massive solar flares or earth-directed Coronal ... eruptions cause geomagnetic storms can impact satellite systems and other electronics potentially ...

those solar flares increase, as do the changes of geomagnetic storms. These storms can cause several issues with GPS navigation systems, satellites, and even spacecraft. We’ve recently seen old ...

By mapping solar flare data into blue circles ... Low Earth orbit satellites are especially vulnerable to such conditions, with atmospheric drag accelerating their descent. While solar cycle ...

Flickering, invisible “loops” in the sun’s atmosphere appear to warn of larger solar flares to come ... can endanger space-bound electronics, satellites and astronauts, and they can pose ...

Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. The most powerful solar flare seen in nearly twenty years and the strongest of the current solar cycle erupted from our local ...

Increased solar flares and geomagnetic storms are anticipated, with risks to satellite systems and power grids. Widespread auroras could also light up low-latitude skies. Partial solar eclipses ...