Astronomy Picture of the Day - Solar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns

NASA ^ | 28 May, 2024 | Video Credit: NASA, Solar Dynamics Observatory

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: It's back. The famous active region on the Sun that created auroras visible around the Earth earlier this month has survived its rotation around the far side of the Sun -- and returned. Yesterday, as it was beginning to reappear on the Earth-facing side, the region formerly labeled AR 3664 threw another major solar flare, again in the highest-energy X-class range. The featured video shows the emerging active region on the lower left, as it was captured by NASA's Earth-orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory yesterday in ultraviolet light. The video is a time-lapse of the entire Sun rotating over 24 hours. Watch the lower-left region carefully at about the 2-second mark to see the powerful flare burst out. The energetic particles from that flare and associated CME are not expected to directly impact the Earth and trigger impressive auroras, but scientists will keep a close watch on this unusually active region over the next two weeks, as it faces the Earth, to see what develops.

[deport]

Add a
w=600 h=300
preview and see what you have. If still to big reduce some more.

[spankalib]

Thanks. Will try.

[spankalib]

where do I post those? (w/in the html string of characters)

[deport]

<at the end of the image link w=600 or some number or h=500 or some number. If you click on the photo and get the link to the sight it will show you the length/height numbers. You can
change them but keep them in the same portion as the original.

[spankalib]

dangit. Thanks for trying - it just doesn't work, as there's no numbers in the image address I'm copying.

It's here:

https://supernova.eso.org/exhibition/images/0303_F_solar_flare_earth_scale/

[deport]

How about this. Does it work for yoo? I scaled the width to 600

[deport]

< img src=https://supernova.eso.org/static/archives/exhibitionimages/screen/0303_F_solar_flare_earth_scale.jpg width=600 >

Close space at the beginning < img and end 600 >

[spankalib]

Thanks! (you see I used width=300 there)

[BenLurkin]

Sun unleashes giant plasma plume and reels it back in apparent ‘failed eruption’ (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published 14 hours ago

https://www.space.com/sun-eruption-m-class-solar-flare-plasma-plume-june-3-2024

‘Solar astrophysicist Ryan French took to X to describe the event, which occurred at 10:11 a.m. EDT (1411 GMT) on Monday. “A gorgeous #SolarFlare on the Sun today! Just look at how the falling plasma impacts and flows down the magnetic field - physics in action.” French wrote. “As further data becomes available, it looks like this event is a prime example of a ‘failed eruption’! Material attempted to leave the Sun, but didn’t quite escape.” ‘