NASA captures image of moderate solar flare as it erupts on the Sun - Interesting Engineering

As the Sun enters a more active phase of its weather cycle, we are likely to see more solar flares and accompanying radio blackouts

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which is tasked to keep a constant eye on the happenings on the solar surface, captured the image of a moderate solar flare erupting on the evening of May 3rd… [+2127 chars]

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