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In 774 AD, the Sun blasted Earth with the biggest storm in 10,000 years

Phil Plait

Jan 6, 2021

A huge solar flare erupted on the Sun in October 2003, seen here in X-rays. It was also accompanied by a powerful coronal mass ejection. Solar storms like these are a danger to our power grid and orbiting satellites. Credit: NASA/SOHO

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The Midnight Sky's apocalyptic disaster has us wondering: What cosmic threats are out there?

Cassidy Ward

Dec 30, 2020

The Midnight Sky

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Planets around old red dwarfs may still get blowtorched by flares

Phil Plait

Nov 6, 2020

Artwork depicting a flare from a red dwarf stripping away a planet’s atmosphere. Credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss

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Could super flares have obliterated all the aliens on some Earthlike planets?

Elizabeth Rayne

Oct 19, 2020

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

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Solar flares cause massive ripples in and under the Sun's surface

Phil Plait

Oct 1, 2020

A huge solar flare erupted on the Sun in October 2003, seen here in X-rays. It was also accompanied by a powerful coronal mass ejection. Solar storms like these are a danger to our power grid and orbiting satellites. Credit: NASA/SOHO

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: solar flares

Tag: Bad Astronomy

How active will the Sun get this cycle? Scientists make their prediction.

Phil Plait

Sep 16, 2020

X-ray images of the Sun look very different when it’s active (April 2014, left) and when it’s quiet (December 2019, right). Credit: NASA / SDO

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No, there's no such thing as a solar micronova

Phil Plait

Sep 1, 2020

… and I feel fine. Credit: Dean Reeves, used by permission

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

Solar Orbiter sees the Sun bursting with tiny explosions of light

Phil Plait

Jul 17, 2020

Artwork depicting Solar Orbiter approaching the Sun. Credit: ESA/Medialab

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NASA's STEREO-A observatory crosses paths with a comet, solar wind, and Mercury

Jeff Spry

Jun 10, 2020

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Welcome Cycle 25! A new solar magnetic cycle has begun.

Phil Plait

Mar 6, 2020

An X-ray sequence showing the Sun from 2008 through 2014, taken by the Hinode spacecraft. Solar magnetic activity peaked in 2014, but solar storms are still common after the peak. Credit: JAXA/NASA/CfA

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

How often do severe solar storms pummel the Earth?

Phil Plait

Feb 20, 2020

A huge solar flare erupted on the Sun in October 2003, seen here in X-rays. It was also accompanied by a powerful coronal mass ejection. Solar storms like these are a danger to our power grid and orbiting satellites. Credit: NASA/SOHO

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

The Sun, up close and *very* personal: First light for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

Phil Plait

Jan 30, 2020

A close-up of the Sun’s surface using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope shows details in and in between convection cells, where magnetic fields can manipulate the solar plasma. Credit: NSO/NSF/AURA

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The sun is vomiting globs of star stuff 500 times the size of our planet

Elizabeth Rayne

Apr 11, 2019

NASA image of the sun

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Spectacular 3D simulation of a massive solar flare… from start to finish

Phil Plait

Jan 22, 2019

A solar flare modeled using the complex equations of magnetohydrodynamics is very similar to a real flare. Credit: Cheung et al.

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: red dwarfs

Young red dwarfs throw mean tantrums. A lot.

Phil Plait

Oct 25, 2018

Artist depiction of a young red dwarf star blasting out flares that erode the atmosphere of a nearby planet. Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Player (STScI)

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