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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
In 774 AD, the Sun blasted Earth with the biggest storm in 10,000 years
Phil Plait
Jan 6, 2021
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Planets around old red dwarfs may still get blowtorched by flares
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Artwork depicting a flare from a red dwarf stripping away a planet’s atmosphere. Credit:  NASA/CXC/M. Weiss
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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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How active will the Sun get this cycle? Scientists make their prediction.
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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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… and I feel fine. Credit: Dean Reeves, used by permission
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Solar Orbiter sees the Sun bursting with tiny explosions of light
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Welcome Cycle 25! A new solar magnetic cycle has begun.
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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
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How often do severe solar storms pummel the Earth?
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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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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
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A solar flare modeled using the complex equations of magnetohydrodynamics is very similar to a real flare. Credit: Cheung et al.
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Young red dwarfs throw mean tantrums. A lot.
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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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Artwork depicting a flare from a low-mass star. Credit: Casey Reed/ NASA
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