NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured newly arrived sunspot AR3341 blast a powerful X1.1 solar flare on June 20, 2023. The flare "caused a deep shortwave radio blackout over North America." according to Spaceweather.com. More space news 👉 https://trib.al/hdHQDV1 Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: All Parts Equal by Airae / courtesy of https://trib.al/hASQ8pm | Space.com

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on Jan. 5, 2023, peaking at 7:57 p.m. ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which was classified as X-class. bit.ly/3IsPJsW Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however – when intense enough – they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS & communications signals travel. To see how such space weath

2023 ended with flare! A strong solar flare – X5.0 – erupted from the Sun just hours before the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31 in North America, dethroning Dec. 14’s X2.8 solar flare as the largest of the year and of Solar Cycle 25. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/41EqcER | NASA Space Alerts

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on Dec. 14, 2023, peaking at 12:02 ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which was classified as X2.8. https://go.nasa.gov/3Ts3a1Q Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground. However – when intense enough – they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS & communications signals travel. To see how such spac