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Topic Title: Sun Unleashes Monster Solar Flare, Topic Summary: Strongest in a Decade Created On: 09/06/2017 10:11 AM |
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"Early this morning (Sept. 6), the sun released two powerful solar flares - the second was the most powerful in more than a decade.
The surge of activity might seem surprising, as the sun is approaching its solar minimum, with the lowest levels of activity in its 11-year cycle. "We are heading toward solar minimum, but the interesting thing about that is you can still have events, they're just not as frequent," Steenburgh said. "We're not having X-flares every day for a week, for instance - the activity is less frequent, but no less potentially strong." "These kind of events are just part of living with a star," space.com ------------------------- "The truth is incontrovertible. malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill |
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