Why is NASA sending rockets straight into the Northern Lights? Here's the reason the space agency is citingNASA is launching rockets into the Northern Lights from Alaska to investigate why auroras have distinct movements such as flickering and pu...
24 Jan, 2025, 02.35 AM IST
Powerful solar flare headed towards Earth could lead to radio blackouts and disruptions to communicationsAn update regarding the solar flare, which is the powerful bursts of radiation from the sun, has come from NASA that it has been hurled out...
04 Oct, 2024, 10.12 PM IST
NASA warns of powerful solar storm and blackouts. When it is likely to hit earthA significant solar flare has been released by the Sun, peaking at X1.4, according to NASA Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation but...
31 May, 2024, 10.39 AM IST
Biggest solar flare in 10 years hits Earth, more to come. Know about geomagnetic storms that disturb our planetThe X8.7 solar flare was seen blasting out of the active sunspot region of the Sun responsible for the recent solar weather. It also caused...
15 May, 2024, 07.47 PM IST
Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decadesFlorida witnessed its strongest sun flare in almost 20 years, part of the 11-year solar cycle peak. The X8.7-rated flare, captured by NASA'...
15 May, 2024, 10.03 AM IST
Powerful solar flare knocks out radio communications. All about solar storms and their effects on EarthNASA has captured the brightly colored imagery of a fiery flash on the sun’s surface, the phenomenon known as a Coronal Mass Ejection. It h...
16 Dec, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
Biggest solar flare in years temporarily disrupts radio signals on EarthMultiple pilots reported communication disruptions, with the impact felt across the country, said the government's Space Weather Prediction...
15 Dec, 2023, 10.04 PM IST
Solar exploration: A sunrace of significant global missionsProba-2 is the second of the Proba series, building on nearly eight years of successful Proba-1 experience, even as Proba-1 was not a solar...
02 Sep, 2023, 05.09 PM IST
Why Aditya-L1? The strange case of the great Canadian blackoutMajor objectives of Aditya-L1 include the study of the physics of solar corona and its heating mechanism, the solar wind acceleration, coup...
02 Sep, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
NASA's 300 kg retired satellite may crash on to earth today; Should you worry?After 16 years of operations, NASA decommissioned the satellite due to communications difficulties with the spacecraft.
20 Apr, 2023, 03.20 PM IST
Solar flare causes shortwave radio blackout over Indian OceanUS space agency NASA had last year warned that the Sun is expected to release more frequent horrific solar flares in the near future as it ...
07 Apr, 2023, 01.45 PM IST
Explained: Sun did not break off its chunk, just a normal solar activityA solar prominence (also known as a filament when viewed against the solar disk) is a large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun'...
13 Feb, 2023, 11.49 AM IST
Dangerous solar storm likely to hit Earth. Mobile, power services may get impactedAs per forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) there is a chance of minor G1-class geomagnetic storms toda...
04 Aug, 2022, 09.42 AM IST
NASA warns of more dangerous solar flares that can hit mobile and power on EarthSolar flares are dangerous for Earth, as the radiation it releases can interfere with our radio communications. These storms impact every e...
01 Aug, 2022, 02.56 PM IST
Sun emits massive solar flare with potential to impact satellite communications: CESSI"The X2.2 class solar flare eruption took place at 3:57 UTC (9.27 IST) from the solar magnetic active region AR12992," Dibyendu Nandi, Asso...
20 Apr, 2022, 01.04 PM IST
NASA missions measure solar flare from spaceSolar flares are intense bursts of light from the Sun, created when complicated magnetic fields suddenly rearrange themselves, converting m...
20 Apr, 2016, 06.48 PM IST
Sun can produce 'superflares' that may disrupt life on EarthSuperflares are thousands of times more powerful than those ever recorded on the Sun, and are frequently observed on some stars.
03 Dec, 2015, 12.50 PM IST