This image supplied by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded this picture of a solar flare, as seen in the intense flash in the upper right, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. The sun spit out the big flare at midday on Thursday, leading to 2 hours of radio disturbance in the U.S. and other sunlit parts of the world. (NASA by means of AP)
By MARCIA DUNN
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)– A NASA telescope has actually caught the greatest solar flare in years, which briefly knocked out radio interaction in the world.
The sun spit out the substantial flare together with a huge radio burst on Thursday, triggering 2 hours of radio disturbance in parts of the U.S. and other sunlit parts of the world. Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stated it was the most significant flare because 2017, and the radio burst was comprehensive, impacting even the greater frequencies.
The mix led to among the biggest solar radio occasions ever taped, Shawn Dahl of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center stated Friday.
Several pilots reported interaction interruptions, with the effect felt throughout the nation, according to the area weather condition forecasting. Researchers are now monitoring this sunspot area and evaluating for a possible outburst of plasma from the sun, likewise referred to as a coronal mass ejection, that may be directed at Earth. This might lead to a geomagnetic storm, Dahl stated, which in turn might interrupt high-frequency radio signals at the greater latitudes and set off northern lights, or auroras, in the coming days.
The eruption took place in the far northwest area of the sun. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the action in severe ultraviolet light, tape-recording the effective rise of energy as a substantial, intense flash. Introduced in 2010, the spacecraft remains in an incredibly high orbit around Earth, where it continuously keeps track of the sun.
The sun is nearing the peak of its 11-year approximately solar cycle. Optimum sunspot activity is forecasted for 2025.
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