Sunspot AR 1667 Unleashes C9 class Flare, CME could be Earth Directed
Update – The CME is not directly headed for Earth but should give us a glancing blow on Feb. 8-9. Aurora watchers should be on alert for some possible good…
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Suborbital telescope gives best ever view of suns energy
NASA Telescope Observes How Sun Stores and Releases Energy WASHINGTON — A NASA suborbital telescope has given scientists the first clear evidence of energy transfer from the sun’s magnetic field…
Impressive CME 1-23-13
Today the sun emitted an impressive CME at about 04:00 UTC. This event is related to a coronal hole in the sun’s southern latitudes. Click the image to see a video of…
Solar activity heating up, large flare and more sun spots
Today 1/9/13 at approximately 05:30 UTC a very large solar flare occurred as can be seen in the image above. It does not appear that this is an Earth effecting event. Watch…
Solar Flare Ballet 12-31-12
A solar eruption gracefully rose up from the sun on December 31, 2012, twisting and turning. Magnetic forces drove the flow of plasma, but without sufficient force to overcome the…
Solar Cycle 24 not following Sun Spot Activity Predictions
Every eleven years the sun experiences a peak of sun spot activity, we are nearing this peak period now but activity is low and below predictions. As you can see…
Solar Back-sided Halo CME Nov 8-9 2012
The Sun erupted with several CMEs (coronal mass ejections) during a period just over a day (Nov. 8-9, 2012), the largest of which was a halo CME. In the video…
Rare Double Solar Prominence Eruptions 11/16/12
Video of the Two Prominence Eruptions The Sun erupted with two prominence eruptions, one after the other over a four-hour period (Nov. 16, 2012). The action was captured in the…
