The sun throws its strongest tongue of fire towards the earth

JAKARTA – US Space Prediction Center monitoring the sun’s first great flare which erupts and points towards Earth. The explosion of the largest flare is equivalent to millions of 100 megaton hydrogen bombs and could affect high-frequency communications on Earth.

Researchers at the center measured the intensity of solar flares as X1, which is the largest solar flare category ever.

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“A solar flare is a massive eruption of radiation on the surface of the sun. We’re talking the energy equivalent of millions of 100 megaton hydrogen bombs exploding at the same time,” said Bill Murtagh, program coordinator at SWPC US. ).

Murtagh said such a huge release of energy could be felt on Earth 93 million miles away. “If that energy enters Earth, it can affect high-frequency communications and global positioning systems (GPS) as well as satellites,” Murtagh said.

Sun goes through an 11-year solar cycle during which flare activity levels fluctuate. Cycle 25 starts in December 2019 with a solar minimum. That activity will slowly increase and reach a solar maximum when there are many sunspots in July 2025.

In a typical solar cycle, Murtagh said researchers typically see about 150 flares that reach flare intensity on July 3, 2021. “But there could have been about 1,500 smaller flares over the same period, he added.

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After the ejection of the solar flare, the location of the flare disappears from Earth’s view as the sun rotates. The flare’s location will be visible again in two weeks, but he noted the US SWPC continues to monitor eruptions on the other side of the sun.

“When sun flare facing away from Earth, increased energy emissions cannot affect our planet,” he said.

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