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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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: solar flares

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

Tag: solar flares

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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)

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: red dwarfs

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: solar flares

Vacuuming up the dust — and sterilizing a planet — around Proxima Centauri

Phil Plait

Feb 27, 2018

Artwork depicting a flare from a low-mass star. Credit: Casey Reed/ NASA

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: solar flares

Extinction-level solar flares could be torching the nearest Earth-like planet

Trent Moore

Dec 12, 2016

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