Solar Flare Eruption

Turbulent plasma churns across the sun's surface while a coronal mass ejection arcs outward along magnetic field lines. Flares like this erupt when twisted magnetic field lines in the corona snap and reconnect, releasing energy equivalent to millions of nuclear bombs in mere minutes. The freed particles and plasma race outward as a coronal mass ejection, sometimes reaching Earth within a day or two, where they can trigger dazzling auroras and disrupt radio communications and satellites. Watch for the bright bursts near the solar surface, the glowing plasma tracing looping arcs above the sun, and the steady stream of ejected particles flung into space.

Flare Controls

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