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There are generally solar flares every few days, and almost always within a week or so. Really spectacular flares are more common during the "Solar Max" period around the peak of the sunspot cycle. That will be in 2013 or so. You can see recent movies of solar flares and prominences at http://thesuninmotion.com/
Solar flares are explosions and eruptions on the Sun itself, so they are all about 93,000,000 miles away. A big solar flare can cause a Coronal Mass Ejection, which is a cloud of highly-charged solar particles that escape from the Sun completely. CMEs routinely strike the Earth causing solar storms, auroras, and occasionally damage to electronic equipment on Earth or on orbiting satellites.
Right now, the Sun is in an extended - almost eerie! - period of dormancy following the last Solar Minimum. The next solar cycle ought to have started 18 months ago, but as of August 22, 2009, the Sun has been without sunspots for the past 40 days. And there is at present no sign of renewed activity. This is not dangerous, but is a little disconcerting to astronomers. It's been 100 years since the Sun was this quiet for this long, and an extended solar minimum may have effects on the Earth's weather as well.
There are solar flares almost every day. There were a couple of very impressive solar flares on June 16, 2010; see the link below for a neat movie of it.
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What is the burst of light on the Suns surface?
A solar flare.
What are tremendous explosions in regions around sunspots which eject high-energy particles and emit x-rays called?
I suppose that you think to a "solar flare".Coronal mass ejections are bigger than solar flares.
How is the next solar flare going to affect us?
the senter of the earth is a sun flare it is big and long lol jp look some were else the senter of the earth is a sun flare it is big and long lol jp look some were else the senter of the earth is a sun flare it is big and long lol jp look some were else
Does infernape learn flare blitz?
Infernape learns Flare Blitz at Lv 57
What happened on Hudson's last voyage?
what happen during hudson last voyage
A sentence with the word solar?
The sun released a huge solar flare in the last couple of weeks.
Does sun flare attack the earth in 2012?
No. There will be solar flares in 2012 - there are flares every year, even the last couple of years during the depth of the deepest solar minimum in the last century - but solar flares do not "attack the Earth". It is possible that a massive solar flare could cause communications outages, or damage satellites, or cause spectacular auroras - but that could happen ANY time. There were a few satellites damaged by solar flares during the last solar max, in 2002, but the doom-sayers were wrong about that one, too.
What is the most important space discoveries in the last ten years?
the largest solar flare
When will the solar flare arrive again?
We don't know, flares can happen at any time. Even now.
When did Graeme king write Solar Flare?
Graeme King wrote solar flare in 2009
What is solar flare capable of?
A solar flare can set off beautiful Northern Lights. If the solar flare is really powerful, it can mess up communications and it can wreck the power grid.
Is a solar flare the same thing as a sun flare?
Yes, a solar flare and a sun flare are the same thing. They refer to sudden releases of energy in the sun's atmosphere that can cause disturbances on Earth.
How big was the largest solar flare ever measured?
The biggest solar flare ever measured occurred on November 4, 2003. It is estimated that this flare was an X28.
What would happen to the earth if it were placed next to a solar flare?
well u see there would be uhh fire and stuff
What are the release dates for Solar Flare - 2008?
Solar Flare - 2008 was released on: USA: 6 June 2008
What are the ratings and certificates for Solar Flare - 2008?
Solar Flare - 2008 is rated/received certificates of: USA:PG-13
How are solar flare and solar prominence different?
solar flares isfire
