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Huge, solar flare-launching sunspot has rotated away from Earth. But will it return?
SPACE.com· 2 days agoThe sunspot AR3664, which is about 15 times wider than Earth, has finally rotated out of our...
How to Prepare for the Next Solar Storm
Time via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOnce that energy is expended, the sun returns to a less volatile solar minimum. One telltale sign of high solar activity is sunspots, small patches of...
NASA on brilliant auroras: "We'll be studying this event for years"
Newsweek· 1 hour agoWhile the powerful solar storm that hit our planet last weekend triggered spectacular aurora...
Sun launches strongest solar flare of current cycle in monster X8.7-class eruption
LiveScience· 3 days agoThe sun has just spat out the strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle, which began in 2019,...
Giant Sunspot Cluster Could Pelt Earth with a Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection
Scientific American· 7 days agoA sunspot cluster as wide as 16 Earths has shot out at least five eruptions of magnetic fields and...
Watch monster flare-spewing sunspot grow to be 15 times wider than Earth (video)
Space via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe current forecast discussion from NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center continues to keep an eye...
Sun Erupts with Largest Flare of This Solar Cycle, but Auroras Unlikely to Follow
Scientific American· 3 days agoThe sunspot cluster, known as active region 3664 (AR3664), broke a record on Tuesday when it emitted...
Record solar activity causes radio blackouts over America days after aurora
Newsweek· 2 days agoThe biggest solar flare in nearly 20 years has erupted from the sun, sparking radio blackouts across...
What is a G5 geomagnetic storm?
The Hill via AOL· 6 days ago(NEXSTAR) — On Friday night, the most significant G5 geomagnetic storm since 2003 hit Earth — causing several coronal mass ejections, or CMEs — and...
The suns activity hasn’t hit its peak
WIFR Rockford· 15 hours agoIf you missed out on the northern lights, there is some good news. This 11 year is what makes up the suns solar cycle and we arecurrently in the middle...