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Invisible 'flickering' on the sun could predict potentially dangerous solar flares hours in advanceImages captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ultraviolet light before a solar flare, which could act as an early warning system for dangerous space weather.
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Auroras predicted over US this weekend as solar storm rips toward EarthA solar explosion called a coronal mass ejection is poised to graze Earth on Friday or Saturday (Jan. 24 or Jan. 25), potentially triggering colorful auroras over the northern U.S.
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X-class solar flares hit a new record in 2024 and could spike further this year — but the sun isn't entirely to blame, experts sayThere were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of solar maximum was a key reason for the spike, but other factors were also at play.
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Auroras could light up the skies on Christmas, thanks to a powerful solar flare heading toward EarthA display of auroras is expected to light up the skies on Christmas Day, thanks to a powerful M8.9 solar flare enroute to Earth.
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10 supercharged solar storms that blew us away in 2024The sun's most active phase, solar maximum, officially arrived in 2024, triggering some explosive solar storms and colorful auroras. Here are 10 of our favorite solar outbursts this year.
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Space photo of the week: The sun's corona blooms during back-to-back solar eclipsesComposite images reveal how the sun's corona changed from one total solar eclipse to another in 2023 and 2024, just as solar activity began to peak.
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'Like they were demon possessed': Geomagnetic super storms are causing tractors to dance from side to side across US farms — and the sun is to blamePowerful solar storms in May and October painted auroras across large parts of North America. But some U.S. farmers also witnessed unusual activity from their high-tech machinery, which started boogying back and forth as a result of the geomagnetic disturbances.
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Our sun may be overdue for a 'superflare' stronger than billions of atomic bombs, new research warnsObservations made using a new method have revealed that sun-like stars produce cataclysmic superflares once every hundred years. Could our sun create one soon?
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We are fast approaching the sun's 'battle zone' — and it could be even worse than solar maximum, experts warnSpace weather experts warn that solar activity will persist or even increase after solar maximum has ended and we enter a phase of the solar cycle dubbed the "battle zone."
