solar flare
noun
: a sudden temporary outburst of energy from a small area of the sun's surface
called also flare
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The most powerful reconnection events can liberate enough energy to produce solar flares and exploding magnetic filaments that result in CMEs.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2025
When amongst their many skilled mathematicians and engineers, NASA was unable to find a better way to forecast solar flares to protect astronauts and satellites in space and power grids on Earth, NASA turned to crowdsourcing.
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The European Space Agency even says that one week of radiation on the ISS is one year's worth of exposure to radiation on Earth (depending on the number of solar flares and other sun phenomena that occur).
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Bursts of energy erupting from the Sun, like solar flares, can generate shocks in the solar wind current, leading to higher risks for geomagnetic storms.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2025
When amongst their many skilled mathematicians and engineers, NASA was unable to find a better way to forecast solar flares to protect astronauts and satellites in space and power grids on Earth, NASA turned to crowdsourcing.
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The European Space Agency even says that one week of radiation on the ISS is one year's worth of exposure to radiation on Earth (depending on the number of solar flares and other sun phenomena that occur).
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Bursts of energy erupting from the Sun, like solar flares, can generate shocks in the solar wind current, leading to higher risks for geomagnetic storms.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Solar flare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20flare. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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