The sun has a powerful X-flare.
Scientists are keeping an eye on a sunspot that fired off an X-class flare while having an identity crisis, according to SpaceWeather.com.
If a mass ejection of charged particles emerges from the sunspot at 9:55 a.m. on May 10, it will be possible to have an Aurora. The time is 1355 GMT.
A radio emission alert was issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after a flare was caught on camera by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
The worst solar storms in history are related.
The sunspot is interesting and dangerous because it is the reverse of what scientists are expecting. The current solar cycle governs the sunspot's polarity. The sunspot is facing Earth, according to the website.
According to the Space Weather Prediction Center, a coronal mass ejection may follow today's solar flare. Scientists can predict whether a flare will follow based on the radio signature of the sun. At about 12 p.m. The agency said that a futures exchange may be possible.
If a CME intersects with our planet's magnetic field lines, there is a chance of the Auroras. The sky show is usually harmless.
The flare was classified as an X 1.5 class event, making it weak on the side of the strongest category of flare. In the past month, the sun has fired off several explosions of about the same strength, along with a bunch of moderate-sized flares. There are a lot of sunspots on the surface of the sun, but it is expected to peak in the not too distant future.
Scientists keep a close eye on space weather through a number of missions looking at our sun, which is why they rarely see a problem with power lines or satellites.
The sun is monitored by both NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as theParker Solar probe mission, which is periodically zipping very close to our sun to understand how its superheated outer atmosphere affects solar flares and other phenomena.
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