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NASA says that Solar Cycle 25 is already exceeding predictions. As a result, the space agency says that solar flares will increase over the next couple of years. And, that it could cause some problems for Earth throughout 2025. Solar flares will increase throughout 2025 Image source: koya979 / AdobeOf course, it isn’t all that surprising to learn that solar flares will increase over the coming years. In fact, the Sun has been slowly increasing the rate at which it expels energy and solar material over the…

via Fox Searchlight Throughout his career, Danny Boyle has tackled almost every imaginable genre under the sun, even if the studio-backed blockbuster continues to elude him following his exit from the project that eventually became No Time to Die. The filmmaker has excelled at almost all of them, too, even if 2007’s Sunshine suffered greatly from a jarring third act shift. That’s not to say it’s a bad film, because the existential character-driven sci-fi is packed full of dazzling visuals, big questions, even…

Sun's surface is marked by electrically charged gases that keep generating powerful magnetic forces. Their area of influence is called magnetic fields. As these gases are dynamic, they continuously stretch and twist the magnetic fields. Sometimes, this tangling of magnetic fields causes a sudden explosion of energy called solar flares. These flares, if strong enough, can have effects on Earth, including radio blackouts, so scientists regularly monitor them. Now, NASA has captured the Sun emitting a mid-level solar flare…

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A gigantic sunspot has swelled to twice Earth's size, doubling its diameter in 24 hours, and it's pointed right at us. The sunspot, called AR3038, grew to 2.5 times Earth's size – making the sunspot roughly 19,800 miles, or 31,900 kilometers, in diameter – from Sunday (June 19) to Monday night (June 20), according to Spaceweather.com, a website that tracks news about solar flares, geomagnetic storms and other cosmic weather events.   Sunspots are dark patches on the Sun's surface where powerful magnetic fields, created…

A massive solar flare erupted from the surface of the Sun earlier this week. The X-class flare is just the latest eruption from the Sun that has captured NASA’s attention. This time, though, NASA managed to capture an image of the solar flare as it happened. It’s a stunning image, and one that looks like it was ripped right out of a science fiction movie. Check out this image of a solar flare as it happens The solar flare peaked around 9:25 a.m. EDT on May 3, 2022, NASA says. The space agency’s Solar…

A powerful solar flare just erupted from the surface of the Sun – and NASA captured stunning footage of it.The X-class flare, the strongest produced by our star, was recorded by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory as it burst from a sunspot on the lower left limb of the Sun at 9:25 am EDT (13:25 GMT) on Tuesday (May 3).  Sunspots are areas on the Sun's surface where powerful magnetic fields, created by the flow of electrical charges, knot into kinks before suddenly snapping. The resulting release of energy launches bursts…