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Monster X-class flare is most powerful solar eruption since 2017, could trigger auroras and major geomagnetic stormsOn Dec. 14, a 2.8 magnitude X-class flare exploded from the sun, triggering radio blackouts on Earth and unleashing a CME that could also hit our planet in the next few days. It is the most powerful solar flare in more than six years.
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'Almost unbelievable': Rare void from the sun briefly blew up Mars' atmosphere last year, and it could happen to Earth tooOn Dec. 26, 2022, NASA's MAVEN Orbiter witnessed Mars' magnetic shield and atmosphere drastically "balloon" outward by thousands of miles. The sudden expansion was triggered by a rare gap in solar wind.
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Gigantic 'hole' in the sun wider than 60 Earths is spewing superfast solar wind right at usA monstrous dark patch, known as a coronal hole, recently appeared near the sun's equator. The temporary gap enables unusually fast solar wind to race toward Earth.
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'Cannibal' solar explosion likely to hit Earth today, bringing strong geomagnetic storm and widespread aurorasA recent solar explosion that almost reached "X-class" status has hurled a massive coronal mass ejection toward Earth, which will likely hit our planet and trigger a geomagnetic storm on Dec. 1.
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A once-in-a-lifetime view of the sun's 'solar maximum' is coming April 8thWith the solar cycle set to peak earlier than predicted, the sun's corona should look its spectacular spiky best for April 8's total solar eclipse.
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Massive solar eruption carves 60,000-mile-long 'canyon of fire' into the sun on Halloween nightA powerful explosion from the sun briefly opened up an enormous valley on the solar surface that was more than twice as wide as the contiguous U.S. and seven times longer than Earth.
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15 signs the sun is gearing up for its explosive peak — the solar maximumExperts believe the upcoming solar maximum could be more active and arrive sooner than previously expected. Here are 15 signs that they are right.
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Scientists finally acknowledge that they got their solar cycle predictions wrong, and that we are fast approaching the sun's explosive peakNOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has released a "revised prediction" for the current solar cycle, which states that the upcoming solar maximum will arrive sooner and be more explosive than they initially forecast — as Live Science previously reported.
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Upcoming solar maximum could scramble migrating birds' internal compass, new study showsBy analyzing how birds migrated across the U.S. over a 23-year period, researchers have shown that solar weather events can seriously disrupt the navigation of the wandering avians.
