Posted on Oct 3, 2024
Monster X-class flare launches massive solar storm towards Earth — and could trigger auroras this...
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The sun has unleashed an enormous X-class solar flare, temporarily triggering a radio blackout above parts of the U.S. and unleashing a hefty coronal mass ejection (CME) that will likely slam into our planet, potentially triggering vibrant aurora displays later this week.
The X-class solar flare — the most powerful type the sun can produce — exploded outward from sunspot AR3842 near the solar equator at around 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday (Oct. 1). The flare had a magnitude of X7.1, making it the second most powerful solar explosion of the current solar cycle, Solar Cycle 25, which began in 2019. The most powerful flare was a monster X8.7 magnitude blast in May, which was the most powerful flare in the last seven years.
The sun has unleashed an enormous X-class solar flare, temporarily triggering a radio blackout above parts of the U.S. and unleashing a hefty coronal mass ejection (CME) that will likely slam into our planet, potentially triggering vibrant aurora displays later this week.
The X-class solar flare — the most powerful type the sun can produce — exploded outward from sunspot AR3842 near the solar equator at around 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday (Oct. 1). The flare had a magnitude of X7.1, making it the second most powerful solar explosion of the current solar cycle, Solar Cycle 25, which began in 2019. The most powerful flare was a monster X8.7 magnitude blast in May, which was the most powerful flare in the last seven years.
Monster X-class flare launches massive solar storm towards Earth — and could trigger auroras this...
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I remember an X-Class solar flare that wiped out several segments on a satellite used by the Army for correspondence courses. This disaster caused the price for satellite segments to soar. My contractors and I were required to immediately convert Army and DoD publications to internet formats and set up a digital library to support correspondence courses. That enabled us to deliver learning materials via the internet. People tend to under-estimate the potential damage the sun or an EMP device could inflict on our data-dependent society. If we get hit by an EMP, a good portion of our population would be dead within a year, and our society would be sent back to the 18th-19th centuries.
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