Gates9@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoSun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacificwww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkSun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacificwww.space.comGates9@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squareGates9@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoWe are in “solar maximum” so heightened activity is expected but we are also not very far in our study and understanding of the sun, and “X-class flares” are fairly unusual. https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-noaa-sun-reaches-maximum-phase-in-11-year-solar-cycle/
We are in “solar maximum” so heightened activity is expected but we are also not very far in our study and understanding of the sun, and “X-class flares” are fairly unusual.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-noaa-sun-reaches-maximum-phase-in-11-year-solar-cycle/