The rapidly erupting sunspots caused huge flames to be thrown.
nursery Sun The activity, officially known as AR2975, sent out a strong Class X light that has caused a temporary blackout of shortwave radio signals in America, according to the report. SpaceWeather.com. (AR2975 already burping over 17 Medium-sized flare in recent days, but this explosion is a little more powerful).
Pilots, navigators, and ham radio operators may have observed unusual propagation effects at frequencies below 30 MHz. [megahertz]The website reported on Wednesday (March 30) a few hours after the flash.
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Sun flares are categorized first by class — Class A being the weakest, then Class B, C and M, with Class X being the strongest — and then by size, with the smaller number representing the smaller flare within the class. Wednesday’s light is X1.3 class light, according to SpaceWeather.
Flares are bursts of light, but are sometimes associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which shoot clumps of charged particles into space. If the coronal mass was ejected from the light and directed towards Earth, this could cause this to happen late afternoon, the amazing light produced by the collision of charged particles in Earth’s atmosphere. SpaceWeather adds that there is circumstantial evidence that the CME emerged from the Sun, but further observations will be needed to confirm this.
“It is almost certain that a CME missile emerged from the blast site,” Spaceweather continued, noting that the US Air Force had detected it The second type of solar radio blast which can be attributed to the shock wave from the CME.
Also, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory solar tsunami pictures Apparently it was the result of the CME leaving the heliosphere,” added Spaceweather.
The SDO officially captured images of the event at 13:35 EDT (1835 GMT), but NASA did not provide detailed predictions other than pointing out the general risks that a solar flare might pose.
NASA officials wrote in a letter statement.
The sun began its current cycle of solar activity in 2019, and is expected to peak around 2025. Scientists are not yet sure how active this solar cycle is, although forecasts suggest fewer sunspots than usual.
NASA and other space agencies continue to monitor solar activity to improve solar weather forecasts. In most cases, CME only causes late afternoon When charged particles hit the earth’s magnetic lines. However, stronger storms can cause Problem By satellite or power line.
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