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Sun erupts with powerful X1.2 solar flare, causes radio blackouts (photo)

The sun fired off an X1.2-class solar flare on Friday (Jan. 3), triggering radio blackouts throughout parts of the South Atlantic ocean, Africa and South America.

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Northern lights could be visible again in the US as another new flare erupts from the sun

The northern lights could once again grace US skies over the coming days. A minor geomagnetic storm is projected to impact Earth on Saturday and Sunday following the effects of a recent coronal mass ejection: plasma and magnetic field that is expelled from the sun.

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Sun Ushers In 2025 With X-Class Solar Flare, Triggering Radio Blackouts

The new year began with a dramatic display from the sun, which unleashed a major solar flare early on Friday, January 3. The solar flare, classified as an X-class event with a strength of X1.2, erupted at 6:39 AM (Eastern Time) and reached its peak at 5:41 PM on Friday,

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Sun Eruption With Powerful X2-Class Flare Footage

Sunspot AR3234 blasted an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Credit: NASA/SDO/Helio Viewer | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Mu

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun

"The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never ...

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NASA probe beams home update after record-breaking flyby of sun

NASA said scientists began receiving more detailed telemetry — or "housekeeping data" — from the spacecraft on New Year's Day ...

Experience The Sun’s Increasingly Wild Outbursts Through Sight And Sound

The European Space Agency shows how the sun’s activity has ramped up as it careened toward "solar maximum." Data sonification brings solar flares to life through audio.

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SUN: Naval Academy tightens security measures after New Orleans, Vegas attacks

The United States Naval Academy and Naval Support Activity Annapolis have tightened security measures following two recent ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe safe after historic closest-ever approach to sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles ...

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach to the sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...