{"id":65029,"date":"2024-10-25T08:55:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T08:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ce519a9c-f28e-4670-a346-34fabf4ba002"},"modified":"2024-10-25T09:39:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:39:37","slug":"the-sun-has-released-another-strong-solar-flare-ahead-of-this-weekend-according-to-nasa","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/the-sun-has-released-another-strong-solar-flare-ahead-of-this-weekend-according-to-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sun has released another strong solar flare ahead of this weekend, according to NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n <\/p>

Published: Friday, 25 October 2024 at 08:55 AM<\/p>

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The Sun has released another strong flare, strong enough to cause a radio blackout report in the US.<\/p>

NASA and the Space Weather Prediction Center, part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced that an X3.3-class flare erupted from the Sun at 03:57 UTC on 24 October 2024.<\/p>

‘X’ denotes that this is one of the strongest types of solar flare that can occur.<\/p>

“Flares happen when the powerful magnetic fields<\/a> in and around the Sun reconnect,” says NASA.<\/p>

They’re a symptom of high activity on the surface of the Sun, which is currently being observed as the Sun reaches the peak of the so-called Solar Cycle<\/a>.<\/p>

Solar flare captured on 24 October 2024 by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
The Solar Cycle is the name given to the 11-year period of peak and trough that sees our host star go from quiet and inactive to very much active, producing dynamic features such as sunspots<\/a>, solar flares and coronal mass ejections.<\/p>
In fact, solar scientists announced on 15 October 2024 that the Sun had officially reached the peak of the current cycle, Solar Cycle 25<\/a>.<\/p>
That’s why we’re seeing more frequent and intense space weather<\/a> and displays of the aurora, as the Sun’s solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field.<\/p>
This is what led to the huge aurora display of May 2024<\/a> and the aurora display of October 2024<\/a>.<\/p>
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Aurora borealis captured by Omar Hashmi, Preston, Lancashire, UK, 11 October 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Aurora on the way?<\/strong><\/h2>
So does the solar flare of 24 October 2024 mean we can look forward to another weekend of strong aurora displays across the globe?<\/p>
Unfortunately not.<\/p>
While the Space Weather Predication Center reported a “strong radio blackout<\/a>” as a result of the flare from Sunspot Region 3869, there are currently no strong aurora alerts in place.<\/p>
And the UK’s Met Office says “the strong X3.3 flare produced a coronal mass ejection that has been assessed as a likely miss, passing behind Earth, though some Earth-directed component is possible from shock possibly arriving 26 or 27 Oct.”<\/p>
And any delayed impact on Earth is likely to be a “minor-moderate geomagnetic storm”, the Met Office said.<\/p>
The free aurora alert service, AuroraWatchUK<\/a>, run by Lancaster University in the UK, is also noting “no significant activity”.<\/p>
There are multiple ways to predict when aurora will occur<\/a>, so if you’re interested in catching the next display, be sure to follow aurora alert groups on social media and sign up to receive notifications.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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