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Powerful solar flare / The rare phenomenon that cut off communication with Earth

2023-12-16 09:40:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
 

Powerful solar flare / The rare phenomenon that cut off communication with Earth

The US space agency (NASA) has released photos of the most powerful solar flare in six years, a fiery flash on the Sun's surface 150 million kilometers away that was so powerful it knocked out radio communications in some parts. of the Earth.

Using the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a spacecraft launched in 2010 that continuously monitors the Sun's activity, the agency captured brightly colored images of a phenomenon known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), the Guardian reports.

Powerful solar flare / The rare phenomenon that cut off communication with Earth

According to NASA, it was an X-class solar flare of the highest intensity, with the potential to affect radio communications, power grids, navigation signals and pose a risk to the spacecraft and astronauts.

Thursday's power outage caused two hours of radio interference in parts of the US and elsewhere throughout the day.

The US National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center called the burst an incredible event and "probably one of the largest radio-impact solar events ever recorded./ CNA





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