The Sun on Tuesday morning unleashed two high-powered X-class solar flares, offering a celestial treat for the astronomers. The short-lived explosions, that were expected to disrupt high-frequency radio communications on Earth, were captured by NASA cameras in early hours of Tuesday. The NASA scientists have refuted the threats that the solar flares generally pose to humans. Both the flares were … [Read more...]
NASA unveils incredible footage of solar flare
US space agency NASA has unveiled an incredible video of a mid-level solar flare erupting from the sun’s surface. The footage was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory when the mid-level flair peaked at 10:05 am (EDT) on April 2. The solar flare, which has been classified as M6.5 flare, is described as "graceful eruption," by the NASA scientists. NASA has posted the footage on its … [Read more...]
Earth fortunately missed violent solar flare in 2012
In a major relief to all living on Earth, the scientists have said that our planet has fortunately missed encounter with a fierce solar magnetic storm in the year 2012, an event that could have wreaked havoc with the electrical grid, disabling satellites and GPS had it come nine days earlier. According to the researchers, if the massive eruptions had came nine days earlier it would have hit the … [Read more...]
NASA’s IRIS Captures Its Largest Solar Flare
NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, witnessed the strongest solar flare on Jan. 28 at about 2:40 p.m. EST since its launch in the summer of 2013, according to the space agency. According to scientists solar flares are "bursts of x-rays and light that stream out into space." However, scientists are unsure about the details of what actually leads to the phenomenon. NASA news … [Read more...]
