Solar Flare
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Strongest Solar Flare of 2025 hits Earth: Radiation spikes to 10x normal at flight altitudes
Science | Dec 08, 2025, 01:30 PM ISTThe Sun unleashed its most powerful solar flare of 2025 on November 11, sending a burst of high-energy radiation speeding toward Earth. The X5.1-class flare triggered a rare ground-level enhancement (GLE), causing radiation levels at 40,000 feet to rise up to 10 times the normal background.
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‘Extreme' solar storm in space threatens Earth's GPS systems and communication system, here's how!
News | May 12, 2024, 12:43 PM ISTAn ‘extreme’ geomagnetic storm, rated 5 out of 5 by the Space Weather Prediction Center, is underway, reminiscent of 2003. The sun, currently in a phase of heightened activity known as solar maximum, is expected to continue its robust performance through mid-to-late 2024.
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Major solar storm disrupts Starlink satellites: Here's what's happening
Science | May 11, 2024, 05:37 PM ISTThe ongoing solar storm is the most significant one since 2003. It poses potential risks to navigation systems, power grids, satellite navigation, and other services. Musk recently said that the Starlink satellites were under significant pressure due to the geomagnetic storm.
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Solar storm to strike Earth today, expect disruption in mobile, GPS connectivity | Read to know more
Science | Jul 19, 2022, 06:00 PM ISTSolar Storm to strike earth: Even though the strike may not disrupt the weather conditions on the planet, there are possibilities of blackouts in terms of mobile, and GPS services in some parts of the green planet.
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Sun emits massive solar flare with potential to impact satellite communications: CESSI
Science | Apr 20, 2022, 01:56 PM ISTAccording to NASA, the biggest flares are known as 'X-class flares' based on a classification system that divides solar flares according to their strength.
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Sun fires significant solar flare, can disrupt Earth's GPS signals: NASA
Science | Oct 29, 2021, 03:44 PM ISTThe flare originated from a sunspot called AR2887 currently positioned in the center of the sun and facing the Earth, based on its location, Spaceweather.com reported.
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Solar Storm likely to hit Earth today: How will it affect GPS, mobile signals
Technology | Jul 13, 2021, 11:57 AM ISTAccording to NASA, a high-speed solar storm is approaching the Earth at a speed of 1.6 million kilometres per hour.
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Sun erupts its biggest solar flare in 4 years
Science | Jul 05, 2021, 11:29 PM ISTThe Sun recently unleashed its biggest solar flare in four years. The flare occurred from a sunspot called "AR2838" on July 3, caused a brief radio blackout on Earth, according to the Space Weather Prediction Centre (SWPC).
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Scientists detect superflares '10 million times' more energetic that of Sun
Science | Jun 04, 2020, 09:27 AM ISTThe most technologically advanced telescopes at the European Southern Observatory, Chile, have spotted superflares that are '10 million times more energetic than those on the sun'. An international team of scientists, working on the project, examined stellar objects called 'extreme horizontal branch stars' (EHB) that are found in tightly packed stellar groups called globular clusters.
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Solar flare may affect aviation, communications
India | Apr 02, 2014, 12:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: The sun emitted what NASA is calling a "significant" solar flare on Saturday causing radio blackout for several minutes, could recur in the next few days hurting aviation and communication systems, scientists have
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NASA observatory captures massive solar flare
World | Jul 13, 2012, 11:38 PM ISTWashington, Jul 13: A solar storm is racing toward Earth this weekend - but scientists say there is no need to worry.NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the storm beginning with the eruption of
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Huge Solar Flare Blasts Into Space
World | Apr 18, 2012, 02:58 PM ISTCape Canaveral, Apr 18: NASA on Monday released images of a powerful solar flare that unleashed an eruption of super-heated plasma from the surface of the sun before blasting into space.The flare was recorded by
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Massive Solar Flare Could Paralyze Earth In 2013
World | Sep 22, 2010, 12:23 PM ISTA giant explosion of energy from the Sun could paralyze Earth in just three years' time, scientists warned on Tuesday, reports The Mail. They fear a huge solar flare is due to erupt in 2013