Sun Erupts a 7.6 Million Mile per hour Coronal Mass Ejection from Sunspot 1520
Sunspot 1520 may have turned away from earth but it is still very active. On July 23rd it erupted a CME that sent matter speeding away from the sun at…
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AR1520 X1.4 Class Flare 7/12/12. CME to Hit Earth July 14th around 09:17z
Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab have revised their forecast for CME from AR1520 X-flare the cloud’s expected arrival time to 09:17 UT (5:17 am EDT) on Saturday,…
Solar Flare, Xray blast and CME from Sunspot AR1515
July 8, 2012: Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 07/2100Z to 08/2100Z show Solar activity was high. Region AR1515 produced an M6/1n at 08/1632Z . An associated CME…
A Good Reason to Wake Up at Dawn
Summer is a good time to relax, sleep late, enjoy a break from school or work. Waking before sunrise is just not done. This summer is a little different. To…
M2-class flare causes R1 radio blackouts
Sunspot AR 1513 hit Earth’s atmosphere with a pulse of X-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation. The flare also has a coronal hole associated with it. This makes for an interesting…
Double CME headed to Earth from sunspot AR1504
Update 6/15/12 – A beta-gamma-delta field in AR1504 has developed. This could store energy for strong solar flares. NOAA estimates a 65% chance of M-flares and a 5% chance of…
Video of Tornados on the Sun..too cool to miss
Recent Video from SDO will make earthbound tornado chasers envious. SDO recently captured some astounding videos of tornados on the surface of the sun. These are caused by the plasma…
SDO sees solar breakaway prominence end
Source – NASA – A long, solar prominence that rotated into view almost two weeks ago finally became disorganized and broke away into space forming a nifty large loop as…
