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GOES X-ray Flare Classification Simulator

Build up magnetic free energy in a solar active region, trigger a reconnection flare, and watch it classified live on the real GOES A-B-C-M-X X-ray scale with an optional coronal mass ejection.

Space & Astronomy3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 2D version

A solar active region stores magnetic free energy as its field lines are sheared by differential rotation. This simulator renders that active region in 3D — a granulated sun with a small cluster of glowing coronal loops — and lets the stored energy either build to a threshold and release itself, or be released on demand with the trigger button, exactly modelling magnetic reconnection. The resulting burst of X-rays is plotted live as a GOES-style light curve and classified on the real A/B/C/M/X scale used by NOAA space-weather forecasters, with an optional coronal mass ejection of plasma streaming outward from the reconnection site.

⚙ Under the hood

Build up magnetic free energy in a solar active region and trigger a reconnection flare classified live on the real GOES A-B-C-M-X X-ray scale, with an optional coronal mass ejection of plasma.

solar flareGOES scalemagnetic reconnectionspace weathercoronal mass ejection

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install