Huge Coronal Mass Ejection Seen Spraying Plasma 1 Million Miles From Sun
The explosion far surpassed the Earth in size. "I tracked it nearly a million miles out into space," astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy wrote on Reddit.
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The explosion far surpassed the Earth in size. "I tracked it nearly a million miles out into space," astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy wrote on Reddit.
Sunspot AR3089, which is pointed at the Earth, may be about to eject a powerful X-class solar flare.
The sun is more active than forecasted at this point in its solar cycle, and this may impact future space missions.
Cosmic rays recorded in the atmosphere above California have dropped sharply thanks to the sun's increasing activity.
Solar activity is at its maximum now, accelerating the atmospheric drag faced by satellites by up to tenfold.