Active Sun Unleashes Massive Solar Flare

space.com ^ | December 20, 2014 11:49am ET | Tariq Mailq

[BenLurkin]

The huge solar flare registered as an X1.8-class event, one of the most powerful types of flares possible, and was captured on camera by NASA's powerful Solar Dynamics Observatory. The flare triggered a strong radio blackout for parts of Earth as it peaked Friday at 7:28 p.m. EST (0028 Dec. 20 GMT), according to an alert from the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center overseen by NOAA.

[upchuck]

Who owns and controls the sun?

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

whoops, didn’t paste in “Keywords Chandlerwobble(s), Maunderminimum, Milankovitch(cycles):”

[Cold Heat]

Been wobbling for a long time......lol

I actually had no idea that it had a name...

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[LonePalm]

You are correct. Because of the dynamics of geosynchronous orbits, they can only be (briefly) in darkness around the equinoxes.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Rebelbase]

"Maybe that’s why I wasn’t picking up radio stations from my teeth’s fillings?"

You have the problem too?

[theneanderthal]

My FM radio reception yesterday was very poor. Every time I moved my head it changed. Net connection was good on a wireless usb stick. Today FM radio reception was perfect as was the net connection.