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Sunspot blasts strong flares that are seen in multiple wavelengths by spacecraft

Sunspot AR4114 erupted with M8 and M6-class solar flares. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in ...
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Solar storms, AI forecasts, and the future of safe flight on Earth and in space

Mars missions, Dr. Lulu Zhao shows how solar particles threaten our tech, and how AI is learning to forecast them.
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Mars orbiters witness solar superstorm striking the Red Planet: 'The timing was extremely lucky'

The solar storm slammed the Earth on May 11, 2024, proving to be the biggest recorded on our planet for over 20 years. It generated bright auroras, usually restricted to our plane ...

A Solar Superstorm Blasted Mars—and Its Atmosphere Freaked Out

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two ...