solar flare

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This rapid rearrangement can heat plasma to millions of degrees and hurl energized particles away from the site, creating a solar flare.

From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026

On 11 November, a large solar flare measuring X5.1 - on a scale that runs from X1 to X10 and beyond - was observed on the Sun.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

It was a solar flare, starting somewhere deep inside of him and growing into a full-blown emoji.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

In December, the biggest solar flare in years disrupted radio communications.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2024

If a solar flare hadn’t shifted the comet off course a week earlier, we’d be watching Fire Snake harmlessly pass Earth in a few days like it had since the beginning of time.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera