Want to see solar flare fire from the sun? This is your chance.
A few days ago, NASA captured the explosion of the sun 90 million miles away from its Solar Dynamics Observatory, which captured images of the event
What is a solar flare? They are powerful bursts of energy that often affect radio communications, power grids, navigation signals, and pose a risk to spacecraft and astronauts.
Basically, they’re huge releases of electromagnetic radiation that travel across the solar system at the speed of light, which is why it can destroy so much on Earth.
In short, they are dangerous even from nearly 100 million miles away. This particular flare is classified as an intermediate-level flare, specifically an M5.5-class flare.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Scale at its Center for Space Weather Prediction, which you can access here, it’s the second-lowest measure that could disrupt radio communications for “tens of minutes” on Earth as well as interference Low frequency navigation signals – although probably not your phone’s GPS.
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