Questions tagged [solar-flare]
Questions regarding a sudden brightness increase due to the release of magnetic energy from the sun.
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What causes aurora at lower latitudes during solar storms?
During solar storms, aurora can be viewed a lower latitudes in regions which normally cannot see aurora. What physically allows for the aurora to be seen at lower latitudes? Is it the influx of energy ...
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Would the magnetotail protect astronauts caught outside during a solar flare enough for their safety?
If a solar flare occurred during a lunar mission (bearing in mind that in routine one-week lunar missions the astronauts are protected from solar radiation by Earth's magnetotail) would the ...
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Is the dark side of the earth protected from the risks of solar flares?
Many speculate about the possibility of another “Carrington event”. Without getting into unrealistic scenarios, I ask myself the following question: would electronic lines and the equipment connected ...
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Is life (as we know it) even possible around M-class stars?
My Question is about the fascination in looking for life on M class or Red Dwarf stars.
We all know that Most stars (70%) are M Class, so looking at those stars is going to be important. The "...
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Where do these materials on the Sun come from, if not nothingness?
In this video, I see that for hours, it seems that the flow keeps going from the 11h direction to the Sun's surface - while there looks like nothing is coming to the top of the loop to provide a ...
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Has the rate of time passage been measured?
We know certain astronomical events in our neighborhood occur within a specific time interval,for example a solar flare, a nova, etc. Does the time interval of these 'standard metronomes' change if ...
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Where do Coronal Mass Ejections go?
Due to magnetic fluctuations in the Sun's corona, the Sun produces Coronal Mass ejections (CMEs).
Where does the matter from these CMEs go if they don't hit any celestial object? Are they visible from ...
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Do solar flares have a noticeable effect on asteroid orbits?
I've read that in advanced trajectory calculations, sunlight is even taken into account. Does this also apply to transient events like solar flares?
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Solar flare generate energetic protons. Where do the electrons go?
A solar flare sends many atoms in space (mainly He and H), many of which, when they reach Earth, are ions (He++ and H+).
What I recall from my school days, is that an electron goes from one atom to ...
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Does the magnetosphere of Jupiter protect the Galilean Moons from solar flares?
Teasing out a sci-fi story and would like to get things right science-wise. Sun's about to flare (yes, I know we're not great at predicting that yet but near future) and Earth's doomed. Would the ...
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What is the differential emission measure (DEM)? what are its physical significant in solar plasma? [closed]
I'm trying to understand what differential emission measure (DEM) is, especially its physical significant in solar plasma.
Is it possible to give a short description and perhaps suggest to me some ...
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How to access the raw time-series dataset of GOES X-Ray Flux?
I would like to access the time-series dataset of X-Ray Flux obtained by GOES. I expect that the flux units to be Watts / square-meter; this is because of the figure below (obtained from this Nature ...
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What would be the effect of a large solar flare on motor vehicles?
With the solar cycle now leading to an increase in flare activity, one naturally starts to think the effects of a large solar flare heading this way.
While major flares like the Carrington Event are ...
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What online tools are available to investigate and classify solar eruptions?
I was just casually browsing when I came across a link about at recent solar flare. So I went to investigate at SpaceWeather. There it was stated:
Looking further down the page it seem to say that ...
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Strength of the relationship between very large solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and solar proton events?
In the years 774-775 and 993-994, there were large peaks in Earth's atmospheric radiocarbon (14C) concentration. While the cause was initially disputed, Mekhaldi et al.'s 2015 study of annually ...
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Directionality of solar flares
I have read a number of articles about Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) and solar flares and I’m trying to establish how directional the radiation from them is.
I am aware that radiation from these solar ...
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Is it fair to describe a solar flare as a big lightning strike on the sun?
Solar flares and lightning strikes are both kinds of electric discharges.
A lightning strike is a sudden discharge of electrical energy between an electrically charged cloud and another object, like ...
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Physical properties of the stellar corona?
I am after the basic physical properties of the corona of a star, here some questions for which I would like to have an answer, even only for a subset of them:
I know some things about the corona of ...
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Solar flare charge?
Does a solar flare and/or accompanying coronal mass ejection have a net electrical charge? If so, positive or negative? And how much might that charge affect the Earth’s total net electrical ...
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What could be the cause of solar "campfires"?
NASA/ESA Solar Orbiter mission just released its first images. They show an ubiquitous feature: miniature flares called "campfires", much smaller than solar flares.
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Solar flares/CME dangers to life?
I know a repeat of the 1859 Carrington Event (coronal mass ejection) would pose a severe risk to power grids and telecommunication networks but wouldn't pose an immediate threat to life.
If a large ...
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Detecting anomalies from the sun from home
I was wondering if there are any ways for some amateur to detect let's say solar flares or CMEs from home. What kind of hardware would you need in order to have chance of seeing/measuring those?
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Any active solar X-ray imager in orbit?
NOAA GOES-14 & 15 went very recently in storage mode. With those also went the solar X-ray imagers (SXI), as GOES-16 & 17 do not have such instruments on board. Hence, my question:
Are there ...
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Does Earth's magnetic field become stronger when a solar flare hits?
This curiosity arises as follows: when ejecta from a strong solar flare hits Earth, will the Earth somehow counter its impact with a stronger magnetic field.
Or, earth's magnetic field as limited ...
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How does a Super-Massive Black Hole 'flare'?
This week we have read of evidence of the Super Massive Black Hole in the centre of the Galaxy 'flaring'.
My understanding is that light cannot escape from a black hole.
My question is: How does a ...
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Does coronal mass ejection include radiation at optical wavelengths?
It is known that during Solar/Stellar Flare, plasma from the corona of the star is released into the space, and travels comparatively slowly.
In an hypothetical situation, does the coronal mass also ...
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Is there a plausible causal mechanism to explain why the Sun would be heating up faster/ sooner than we thought? Question for a novel [closed]
I am writing a novel about what it will be like on earth 500 or so years before the death of our Sun. The Sun is heating up gradually and one day that will negatively affect life on Earth. I know that ...
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Can a planet's gravity rip out its moon's atmosphere?
We all know that solar flares can rip a planet's atmosphere if the magnetic field is weak.Solar flares travel at tremendous speed so when they hit the gas molecules of a atmosphere the molecules are ...
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Is it possible for a solar flare in one star to influence the chances of a solar flare in another star?
Can a solar flare reach far enough to travel from one ordinary star to another? If so, how can that solar flare affect the following star?
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Can hot Jupiters cause solar flares?
I'm very new at Astronomy, and my knowledge is sparse. I've tried to be conscientious about my Wikipedia research but there's going to be a lot of things I don't know. Thanks for your patience.
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