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‘Strongest of its kind’ flare may cause blackouts, massive solar storm on Earth

Earth is bracing for blackouts after the sun unleashed a massive X-class solar flare — the most powerful it can generate — Tuesday evening.

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Powerful solar flare may lead to auroras on Earth

The sun released a powerful solar flare to start the month of October, which could lead to supercharged aurora displays over the weekend.

Space.com · 20h

Sun unleashes monster X7.1 flare that could supercharge Earth auroras (video)

The more recent of the two was an X solar flare, the strongest of its kind — and it was a powerful X, clocking in at X7.1 on the flare classification scale. That one peaked on T

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Monster X-class flare launches massive solar storm towards Earth — and could trigger auroras this weekend

The sun just unleashed one of its largest solar explosions in recent years, temporarily causing a radio blackout on Earth and spitting out a coronal mass ejection that will likely collide with our planet this weekend.

SciTech Daily · 11h

Monster X7.1 Solar Flare Unleashed: Intense Blast Captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory

On October 1, 2024, a powerful X7.1 solar flare was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, hitting its peak at 6:20 p.m. ET. This significant solar event ranks as the second most powerful flare of the current Solar Cycle 25,

NASA captured clearest ever images of Earth’s radiation belt

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NASA's instruments capture sharpest image of Earth's radiation belts

Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the spacecraft zipped past our moon and home planet,

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NASA captured the clearest ever images of Earth’s radiation belt

NASA has released the clearest images ever compiled of Earth’s magnetosphere radiation belt. But the spacecraft that accomplished the feat wasn’t only designed to detail the vital atmospheric region shielding the planet from harmful cosmic rays—it’s in the early stages of a multi-year journey to Jupiter.

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Sharpest Image Of Earth's Radiation Belt Taken By NASA Shows Hot Plasma Encircling The Planet

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NASA's use of rover prototype on Earth will pave way for Artemis V lunar surface travel

NASA engineers at Johnson Space Center are designing a new lunar rover prototype called the Ground Test Unit. The space ...

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NASA Reveals 'Vast Ring of Hot Plasma' Around Earth

High-resolution image of the million-degree hot plasma halo encircling Earth captured by NASA’s JENI instrument. The ...

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NASA spacecraft has roamed billions of miles — but hasn't reached the 'edge'

If it does survive the trek into interstellar space, it won't be the first to get there. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, both ...

NASA Confirms Two Massive Asteroids To Pass By: Could They Hit Earth? | Here's What We Know

Earth flybys of two massive asteroids, 2024 SD3 and 2024 SR4, on October 3, 2024. While posing no threat to Earth, their ...

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NASA on high alert! Two huge asteroids on a collision course with Earth today

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is currently tracking two asteroids, 2024 SD3 and 2024 SR4, both set to pass Earth on ...

Is NASA’s commercial space station program doomed?

Over the next several months, NASA will finalize a strategy for its operations in low-Earth orbit after 2030. Then, toward the end of next year, the space agency will award contracts to one or more ...

Moon's Shadow On Earth Captured by NASA Satellite During Annular Solar Eclipse; Watch

Unlike the total solar eclipse, wherein the Moon completely blocks the Sun, annular solar eclipse is when the Sun looks like ...

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NASA’s Voyager 1 Fires Dormant Thrusters After Decades

NASA engineers have successfully reactivated a set of thrusters on Voyager 1, unused for decades, to keep the 47-year-old ...

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