NASA records the most powerful solar flare in recent years

NASA records the most powerful solar flare in recent years

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October 4 2024, 05:51 PM  •  8468 views

NASA recorded the strongest solar flare of the X9.1 class in the current solar cycle. Such flares can affect radio communications, power grids, navigation, and pose risks to space missions.

According to NASA, solar flares have a significant impact on networks and pose a risk to space missions.

Writes UNN with reference to Rai News 24.

The day before, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a solar flare of class X9.1, which is the strongest in the current solar cycle.

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According to NASA, these solar flares are intense emissions of energy from the Sun. They can affect “radio communications, power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts.

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The sun released a strong solar flare that reached its peak at the morning of Thursday, October 3, 2024.

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NASA explained that Class X outbreaks are the most intense, and the number indicates their intensity.

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