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The Sun erupted with an X8 solar flare, one of the largest of the current solar cycle (Sept. 10, 2017). Its source...
A large sunspot was the source of a powerful solar flare (an X 9.3) and a coronal mass ejection (Sept. 6, 2017). The...
The sun emitted a trio of mid-level solar flares on April 2-3, 2017. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which...
On April 17, 2016, an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare, captured here by...
On April 17, 2016, an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare, captured here by...
SDO View of M7.3 Class Solar Flare on Oct. 2, 2014 NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an M7.3...
A team of scientists —led by Laura Hayes, a solar physicist who splits her time between NASA Goddard and Trinity...
On Jan. 28, 2014, NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, witnessed its strongest solar flare since...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of a solar flare on Oct. 2, 2014. The solar flare is the...
On May 13, 2013, the sun emitted an X2.8-class flare, peaking at 12:05 p.m. EDT. This is the the strongest X-class...
Caption: An X-class solar flare erupted on the left side of the sun on the evening of Feb. 24, 2014. This composite...
Caption: These SDO images from 7:25 p.m. EST on Feb. 24, 2014, show the first moments of an X-class flare in...
Caption: These SDO images from 7:25 p.m. EST on Feb. 24, 2014, show the first moments of an X-class flare in...
A solar flare bursts off the left limb of the sun in this image captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on...
A bright solar flare is captured by the EIT 195Å instrument on 1998 May 2. A solar flare (a sudden, rapid, and...
A second X-class flare of June 10, 2014, appears as a bright flash on the left side of this image from NASA’s Solar...
Extreme ultraviolet light streams out of an X-class solar flare as seen in this image captured on March 29, 2014, by...
Extreme ultraviolet light streams out of an X-class solar flare as seen in this image captured on March 29, 2014, by...
A solar flare erupts on Jan. 30, 2014, as seen by the bright flash on the left side of the sun, captured here by...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 1:48 p.m. EDT on Sept. 10, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare on Oct. 22, 2012, peaking at 11:17 p.m. EDT. The flare came from an active...
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 11:24 p.m. EST on Jan. 12, 2015. NASA’s Solar Dynamics...
The Sun produced three M-class (medium-sized) flares in less than 13 hours and the third one had an interesting...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 1:01 a.m. EDT on Oct. 19, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics...