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X4.5 Solar Flare from AR3825 Sends CME Toward Earth, Auroras and Disruptions Expected

On September 14, 2024, a significant X4.5 solar flare erupted from the newly numbered Active Region 3825 (AR3825) on the Sun’s southeastern limb. The flare ranks among the strongest in Solar Cycle 25 ...
Space.com

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Business Insider

A NASA probe flew straight through an explosion from the sun, and found a key clue to how solar storms form

The Parker Solar Probe picked up crucial clues about our star as it flew through a coronal mass ejection. NASA's probe is circling the sun, getting ever closer as it dives into its atmosphere. The ...
EurekAlert!

NRL discovers inverse relationship between solar corona brightness and CME velocity

An image sequence from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph Experiment (LASCO) C2 coronagraph observing a fast coronal mass ejection, as mentioned in ...