The Sun 爆発するs with its most powerful solar ゆらめく in 7 YEARS - as 専門家s 警告する the enormous 爆発 could wreak havoc on GPS and 衛星s

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It looks like a flash of 有望な light in the reflection of a car window.?

But a 素晴らしい new image from 航空宇宙局 現実に shows a 大規模な?solar ゆらめく ? a powerful 爆発 in the sun's atmosphere.?

The 劇の event occurred at 22:34 GMT (17:34 EST) on Thursday and was 逮捕（する）d by?航空宇宙局’s Solar Dynamics 観測所, which watches the sun 絶えず.?

専門家s say the resulting 放射（能） directed at Earth could 衝撃 力／強力にする grids and 航海 signals, or 提起する／ポーズをとる 危険s to 宇宙船 and 宇宙飛行士s, although it could also 原因（となる） beautiful auroras in the sky.?

It's the most powerful solar ゆらめく for seven years,?since a flurry in September 2017?原因（となる）d 無線で通信する 灯火管制／停電s for hours.?

航空宇宙局’s Solar Dynamics 観測所 逮捕（する）d this image of a solar ゆらめく (as seen in the 有望な flash in the upper left) on February 22, 2024. The image shows a subset of extreme 紫外 light that 最高潮の場面s the 極端に hot 構成要素 in ゆらめくs and which is colorized in bronze

As 航空宇宙局 explains, solar ゆらめくs are 'powerful bursts' of high-energy 放射（能）?from the sun's surface that can 原因（となる） 騒動s on Earth.?

'ゆらめくs and solar 爆発s can 衝撃 無線で通信する communications, electric 力／強力にする grids, 航海 signals, and 提起する／ポーズをとる 危険s to 宇宙船 and 宇宙飛行士s,' the 機関 says.?

一般に, 専門家s 述べる the strength of solar ゆらめくs by giving them a letter (from A, B, C, M, and X) followed by a number (from 1 to 9).?

This new ゆらめく is 分類するd as an X ゆらめく, meaning it is the biggest type that can 誘発する／引き起こす 無線で通信する 灯火管制／停電s around the whole world and long-継続している 放射（能） 嵐／襲撃するs in the upper atmosphere.?

This one is X6.3, not やめる as large as the flurry of 大規模な solar ゆらめくs in September 2017, which 含むd an X9.3 and an X8.2.?

A 熟考する／考慮する in the 定期刊行物 Space 天候 later 結論するd that the 2017 ゆらめくs 損失d 無線で通信する communications during ハリケーン 返答 成果／努力s in the?Caribbean.??

This week's X6.3 solar ゆらめく is also the largest of three that have occurred since Wednesday, によれば the?国家の 大洋の and Atmospheric 行政 (NOAA).?

The X6.3 solar ゆらめく is also the largest of three that have occurred since Wednesday, によれば the 国家の 大洋の and Atmospheric 行政 (NOAA).?The new 航空宇宙局's image also 明らかにする／漏らすs a dark 'coronal 穴を開ける' on the sun その上の south, which appears as a big dark patch

航空宇宙局’s Solar Dynamics 観測所 逮捕（する）d these images of a solar ゆらめく ? as seen in the 有望な flashes in the upper left area of the Sun ? on February 21 and 22. The images show a subset of extreme 紫外 light that 最高潮の場面s the 極端に hot 構成要素 in ゆらめくs and which is colorized in teal?

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The sun 絶えず sheds solar 構成要素 into space (artist's impression)?

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The other two were X1.8 and X1.7 ? so while they were also X-class ゆらめくs they weren't やめる as powerful.?

It's 不明瞭な what 損失 they have 原因（となる）d, if any; MailOnline has 接触するd 航空宇宙局 for more.?

によれば 王室の Museums Greenwich, it typically takes two days after the ゆらめく is seen on the Sun for the 粒子s to reach Earth.?

Upon their arrival, these 粒子s can result in an aurora ? a みごたえのある flash of vibrant coloured lights in the sky viewable 近づく the Earth's 政治家s.?

Met Office 推定する／予想するs the aurora to be viewable 非，不，無 Sunday in the far north of Scotland and 類似の geomagnetic latitudes 'under 都合のよい 見解（をとる）ing 条件s' ? i.e. 解放する／自由な of cloud and light 汚染.?

Solar ゆらめくs are different from?coronal 集まり ejections (CMEs), which?fling out solar 構成要素 in the form of 抱擁する 泡s of 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d 粒子s (plasma) threaded with 磁石の field lines.

But both can be 責任がある the aurora, also known as the Northern Lights or 'aurora borealis' in the northern 半球 and the Southern Lights or 'aurora australis' in the southern 半球.?

The new 航空宇宙局's image also 明らかにする／漏らすs a dark 'coronal 穴を開ける' on the sun その上の south, which appears as a big dark patch.?

Coronal 穴を開けるs ? a ありふれた occurrence on the sun ? are areas of open 磁石の field from which high 速度(を上げる） solar 勝利，勝つd 急ぐs out into space.

They also 原因（となる） auroras and disruptions to Earth's communication systems.? ?

Sunday:?A Met Office 活気／アニメーション shows the auroral oval - the （犯罪の）一味-like 範囲 of auroral activity that 決定するs the 範囲 of the Northern Lights and where it will be most 明白な

The Northern Lights seen above St Leonard's 長，率いる in St Andrews, Scotland,?February 27, 2023

A solar ゆらめく is a tremendous 爆発 on the sun that happens when energy 蓄える／店d in '新たな展開d' 磁石の fields is suddenly 解放（する）d (とじ込み／提出する photo)

NOAA also said the X6.3 solar ゆらめく is the largest to have taken place so far during the 現在の solar cycle.?

The solar cycle is the cycle that the sun's 磁石の field goes through about every 11 years, before it 完全に flips and the sun's north and south 政治家s switch places.?

The 現在の solar cycle, numbered 25, started in 2019 and is 推定する／予想するd to continue until about 2030.?

As the sun's 磁石の fields change, so does the 量 of activity on our 星／主役にする's surface, によれば 航空宇宙局.?

Although the sun's さもなければ violent surface takes on a calmer and almost idyllic 外見 during?solar 最小限, this faux 静める can also lead to 騒動s on the sun known as solar 嵐／襲撃するs.?

Solar 嵐／襲撃するs during this solar 最小限 still occur 予定 to the occurrence of?solar ゆらめくs ? 爆発s on the sun when energy 蓄える／店d in '新たな展開d' 磁石の field s is 解放（する）d.?

The solar?最小限 is also when the?sun has the fewest 'sunspots' ? cooler parts of the sun's surface 原因（となる）d by 大規模な changes in its 磁石の field.

But over time, solar activity and the number of sunspots 増加するs as it approaches the solar 最大限.?

WHAT IS THE SOLAR CYCLE?

The Sun is a 抱擁する ball of electrically-告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d hot gas that?moves, 生成するing a powerful 磁石の field.

This 磁石の field goes through a cycle, called the solar cycle.

Every 11 years or so, the Sun's 磁石の field 完全に flips, meaning the sun's north and south 政治家s switch places.?

The solar cycle 影響する／感情s activity on the surface of the Sun, such as sunspots which are 原因（となる）d by the Sun's 磁石の fields.?

Every 11 years the Sun's 磁石の field flips, meaning the Sun's north and south 政治家s switch places. The solar cycle 影響する／感情s activity on the surface of the Sun, 増加するing the number of sunspots during stronger (2001) 段階s than 女性 (1996/2006) ones

One way to 跡をつける the solar cycle is by counting the number of sunspots.

The beginning of a solar cycle is a solar 最小限, or when the Sun has the least sunspots. Over time, solar activity - and the number of sunspots - 増加するs.

The middle of the solar cycle is the solar 最大限, or when the Sun has the most sunspots.

As the cycle ends, it fades 支援する to the solar 最小限 and then a new cycle begins.

巨大（な） 爆発s on the Sun, such as solar ゆらめくs and coronal 集まり ejections, also 増加する during the solar cycle.

These 爆発s send powerful bursts of energy and 構成要素 into space that can have 影響s on Earth.

For example, 爆発s can 原因（となる） lights in the sky, called aurora, or 衝撃 無線で通信する communications and electricity grids on Earth.?