Sentences with phrase «strong solar flare»

Added 04/18/2014 @ 13:20 UTCM7.3 Solar Flare Observed A moderately strong solar flare measuring M7.3 was observed around region 2036 on Friday morning peaking at 13:03 UTC.

Scientists dread finding out what a strong solar flare like that could do to us, so heavily dependent on electronic devices for, well, most everything.

Strong solar flares, which some M dwarfs are known for, could rip away a planetary atmosphere.

In the week that followed, it unleashed the strongest solar flare in more than a decade (X9 - class), hurled a powerful CME toward Earth, and sparked a severe geomagnetic storm (G4 - class) with Northern Lights appearing as far south as Arkansas.

Not exact matches

This year has been the record of the most violent solar storms, producing the strongest coronal flares from the sun.

For example, in 1989, approximately six million people were without power in Canada after a solar flare disrupted electric power transmission and in October, 2003 a flare happened that was so strong it topped out the measuring device.