Sentences with phrase «large solar flares»

The other is magnetic heating, in which magnetic energy is continuously built up by photospheric motion and released through magnetic reconnection in the form of large solar flares and myriad similar but smaller events.

FOXSI's measurements — along with additional X-ray data from the JAXA and NASA Hinode solar observatory — allow the team to say with certainty that the hard X-rays came from a specific region on the Sun that did not have any detectable larger solar flares, leaving nanoflares as the only likely instigator.

According to NASA solar scientist C. Alex Young, the region is unusual because it produced fairly large solar flares but not the huge coronal mass ejections that typically occur at the same time, sometimes damaging satellites.

This large solar flare, produced by an active region of the sun (AR9077), triggered magnetic storms and knocked out satellites when it created a solar storm on July 14, 2000.

These findings also indicate that nanoflares are powerful, natural particle accelerators despite having energies about a billion times lower than large solar flares.

For example, the hazard of increased radiation exposure from charged particles released during a large solar flare could require that flights be diverted away from a polar route.

Other stars occasionally produce such «superflares,» some up to 10,000 times the power of the largest solar flare ever detected.

In the past, large solar flares have caused blackouts and disrupted communications on Earth.

The initial blast from this record - setting series of explosions was as much as 10,000 times more powerful than the largest solar flare ever recorded.

The Sun is currently in the quietest phase of its 11 - year cycle, but it has blasted forth some of the largest solar flares on record.

Currently, the Sun is supposed to be entering the quietest phase of its 11 - year cycle, but that hasn't stopped it from blasting forth some of the largest solar flares on record.

The Sun has ejected the largest solar flare in 12 years, with an energy rating of X9.3 (Credit: Space Weather Live)

And there's no better way to experience their The Northern Lights could be visible over parts of the UK this weekend, after the sun released a large solar flare believed to be the biggest in a decade.