solar flare
noun
: a sudden temporary outburst of energy from a small area of the sun's surface
called also flare
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The sun has somewhat surprised forecasters today with a dramatic X-class solar flare from a newly emerging sunspot region.
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
It's made up of three kinds of radiation: particles trapped in Earth's magnetic field, particles from solar flares and galactic cosmic rays NASA said.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
The sun also produces powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections that trigger geomagnetic storms, which lead to northern lights here on Earth.
—Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
This can cause those magnetic fields to collide and release energetic particles close to the speed of light, giving off bright bursts of radiation that are ejected outward, similar to that of a solar flare from the sun, Yusef-Zadeh says.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
It's made up of three kinds of radiation: particles trapped in Earth's magnetic field, particles from solar flares and galactic cosmic rays NASA said.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
The sun also produces powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections that trigger geomagnetic storms, which lead to northern lights here on Earth.
—Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
This can cause those magnetic fields to collide and release energetic particles close to the speed of light, giving off bright bursts of radiation that are ejected outward, similar to that of a solar flare from the sun, Yusef-Zadeh says.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Solar flare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20flare. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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