Posted on 08/25/2022 10:06:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The sunspot, known as AR3085, has also been shooting off several minor solar flares, though nothing strong enough to be disruptive on Earth.
The sunspot, known as AR3085, has also been shooting off several minor solar flares, though nothing strong enough to be disruptive on Earth.
Sunspots are regions on the sun where magnetic fields are so intense that some heat is prevented from reaching the sun's surface. As such, sunspots may appear as dark patches.
Due to the intense magnetic fields, sunspots are known sources of solar activity. When these magnetic field lines suddenly shift, a vast amount of energy is released in the form of a flash of radiation, known as a solar flare, or a cloud of plasma and magnetic field, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME).
At the moment, it seems unlikely that sunspot AR3085 will lead to any strong space weather activity.
As of August 21 it had given off only C-class solar flares, which are a weak type. Generally, only M-class flares and the strongest X-class flare types are powerful enough to cause radio issues on Earth, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
I will try to remember to ping you with every story on these topics.
This most recent one is AR-3089. The one you linked to. Europe and Africa experienced a brief radio blackout.
Just sayin'. Let me know when I should set up my Faraday cage. These weekly solar flare reports from Newsweak, CBS and the usual FUD outlets are amounting to nothing so far.
Kool. Thanx.
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