Solar flares ☀️ Solar flares are huge bursts of energy released from the Sun. These intense bursts of radiation take just a few minutes to reach millions of degrees, and their effects can be devastating, causing blackouts and interfering with satellites. Solar flares sound scary, but they won't exactly destroy Earth. Occasional flares from the Sun could reach our planet if they are especially powerful, at which point they can cause damage to power grids. #freeAstroSci #FollowTheScience #scientif

Explosions on the surface of the sun, known as solar flares, can have an impact on life and technology on Earth and experts say the sun is now in its most active period in two decades. Bill Murtagh is the program coordinator for the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center and described the sun as one big magnet with a north and south pole-- it also has negative and a positive polarity. Over the course of 11 years, the sun does a rotation of that polarity. "The sun is a big ball of electrically ch

Watch the Sun unleash a flare that could fry radio signals. ESA’s Solar Orbiter has captured stunning high-resolution footage of a solar flare erupting from the Sun’s surface – revealing details in space and time like never before. This medium-sized “M-class” flare, filmed on September 30, 2024, unleashed a burst of radiation powerful enough to disrupt radio signals on Earth. Solar flares occur when twisted magnetic fields suddenly snap, releasing massive amounts of energy in just minutes. In th

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on Nov. 30, 2025, peaking at 9:49 p.m. ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which was classified as X1.9 class: go.nasa.gov/4alXf6P 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 sp

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare peaking at 3:08 a.m. ET on May 27, 2024. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured imagery of the event, which was classified as X2.8: go.nasa.gov/3KhHShN 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