{ "count": 437, "next": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/search/?limit=100&offset=100&search=Solar+Flare&sort_by_1=relevance", "previous": null, "results": [ { "id": 14592, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14592/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-05-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Largest Flare yet from Solar Cycle 25", "description": "On May 14, 2024, the Sun emitted a strong solar flare. This solar flare is the largest of Solar Cycle 25 and is classified as an X8.7 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.A solar flare is an intense burst of radiation, or light, on the Sun. Flares are our solar system’s most powerful explosive events. Light only takes about 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to Earth, so that’s how long it would take the energy from a flare to reach our planet. Stronger solar flares — those rated class M5 or above — can have impacts on technology that depends on Earth’s ionosphere (our electrically charged upper atmosphere), like high-frequency radio used for navigation and GPS.NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured these images of the flare, which peaked at 12:51 p.m. ET on May 14. The X8.7 flare appears on the lower right edge of the Sun. (A small eruption appears afterward in the upper left.) SDO sees the Sun in more than 10 distinct wavelengths of light, showing solar material at different temperatures. Different wavelengths are shown in this video to highlight different features of the flare.Music credit: “Ethereal Mirrorscape” from the album Reflections written and produced by Lars LeonhardWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || X8pt7_flare_May_14_2024.00_00_40_22.Still001.jpg (3840x2160) [3.0 MB] || X8pt7_flare_May_14_2024.00_00_40_22.Still001_print.jpg (1024x576) [342.3 KB] || X8pt7_flare_May_14_2024.00_00_40_22.Still001_searchweb.png (320x180) [75.1 KB] || X8pt7_flare_May_14_2024.00_00_40_22.Still001_web.png (320x180) [75.1 KB] || X8pt7_flare_May_14_2024.00_00_40_22.Still001_thm.png (80x40) [6.1 KB] || 14592_SDO_X8pt7_flare_May_14_2024_ProRes_Outro.webm (3840x2160) [20.4 MB] || 14592_SDO_X8pt7_flare_May_14_2024_Good_Outro.mp4 (3840x2160) [175.9 MB] || 14592_SDO_X8pt7_flare_May_14_2024_YouTube_Outro.mp4 (3840x2160) [673.0 MB] || 14592_SDO_X8pt7_flare_May_14_2024_ProRes_Outro.mov (3840x2160) [4.2 GB] || ", "hits": 532 }, { "id": 14597, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14597/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-05-28T16:00:00-04:00", "title": "Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun, May 27, 2024 and Another May 29th.", "description": "NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare seen as the bright flash on the limb of the Sun on May 27, 2024, with an inset image of Earth for scale. The image shows a blend of 171 and 304 angstrom extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in red and yellow. Credit: NASA/SDO || SDO_May_27_Flare0700UT_171-304_EarthScale.jpg (1500x1500) [568.4 KB] || SDO_May_27_Flare0700UT_171-304_EarthScale_searchweb.png (320x180) [97.9 KB] || SDO_May_27_Flare0700UT_171-304_EarthScale_thm.png (80x40) [7.3 KB] || ", "hits": 126 }, { "id": 14709, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14709/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-10-28T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sun Releases Strong Solar Flare on October 23, 2024", "description": "NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X3.3 solar flare – as seen in the bright flash and loop on the left – on Oct. 23, 2024. The image shows a blend of 171 Angstrom, 304 Angstrom and 131 Angstrom light, subsets of extreme ultraviolet light. Credit: NASA/SDO || SDO_X3pt3_10-23-2024_0340_131-304-171.jpg (4096x4096) [4.7 MB] || SDO_X3pt3_10-23-2024_0340_131-304-171_searchweb.png (320x180) [104.1 KB] || SDO_X3pt3_10-23-2024_0340_131-304-171_thm.png (80x40) [7.2 KB] || ", "hits": 106 }, { "id": 14589, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14589/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-05-11T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Continued Strong Solar Flare Activity: May 10-14, 2024", "description": "NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the two solar flares on May 10 and May 11, 2024. The flares are classified as X5.8 and X1.5-class flares, respectively. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares created from a mixture of SDO’s AIA 193, 171 and 131 channels. Available with EDT and UTC time labels as well as unlabeled.Credit: NASA/SDO || May_11_side-by-side_EDT.jpg (2160x1080) [595.7 KB] || May_11_side-by-side_UTC.jpg (2160x1080) [595.3 KB] || May_11_side-by-side_no_text.jpg (2160x1080) [584.2 KB] || May_11_side-by-side_no_text_searchweb.png (320x180) [98.4 KB] || May_11_side-by-side_no_text_thm.png (80x40) [7.6 KB] || ", "hits": 182 }, { "id": 14599, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14599/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-06-03T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sun Releases 50th X flare of Solar Cycle 25, Quickly Followed by Two More", "description": "NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright eruption on the lower left – at 22:03 UTC on May 31, 2024. The image shows a blend of 131 Angstrom and 304 Angstrom light, subsets of extreme ultraviolet light. Credit: NASA/SDO || SDO_May31_2024_2204_131_304_2.jpg (4096x4096) [2.9 MB] || SDO_May31_2024_2204_131_304_2_searchweb.png (320x180) [83.2 KB] || SDO_May31_2024_2204_131_304_2_thm.png (80x40) [6.2 KB] || ", "hits": 204 }, { "id": 14531, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14531/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-02-20T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "February 16, 2024 X2.5 Solar Flare", "description": "NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the right of each image – on Feb. 16, 2024. The images show three subsets of extreme ultraviolet light that highlight the extremely hot material in flares and which are colorized in teal, gold, and red. Credit: NASA/SDO || Feb_16_Flare_Video_multi_still.jpg (1920x1080) [389.3 KB] || Feb_16_Flare_Video_multi_still_searchweb.png (320x180) [85.5 KB] || Feb_16_Flare_Video_multi_still_thm.png (80x40) [7.1 KB] || Feb_16_Flare_Video_multi.mp4 (1920x1080) [53.9 MB] || Feb_16_Flare_Video_multi.mov (1920x1080) [379.3 MB] || ", "hits": 117 }, { "id": 4999, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4999/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2022-09-22T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar X-Flare - April 20, 2022 (X2.2 class)", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.An X2.2 class solar flare erupts on the southern limb of the Sun in the early hours of April 20, 2022. This flare is very close to the lower right of the solar limb and most visible in the 131 Angstrom filter (teal color table). Solar flares are classified by the amount of energy released (Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class?) || ", "hits": 56 }, { "id": 4998, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4998/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2022-08-19T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar X-flare - April 17, 2022. Active Region 12994, X1.1", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. 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This image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 304 and 131 angstrom wavelengths.Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO || 1-10-23_2251UT_131_304_X1.jpg (4096x4096) [2.0 MB] || JHV_2023-01-10_18.38.48-0001.png (4096x4096) [19.1 MB] || 1-10-23_2251UT_131_304_X1_searchweb.png (320x180) [104.2 KB] || 1-10-23_2251UT_131_304_X1_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || ", "hits": 79 }, { "id": 14128, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14128/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2022-03-30T16:00:00-04:00", "title": "Significant Solar Flare Erupts From Sun on March 30, 2022", "description": "An X1.3 class solar flare flashes in center of the Sun on Mar. 30, 2022. This image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171 and 131 angstrom wavelengths.Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO || Mar302022FlareX1pt3_171-131Blend_2k.jpg (2048x2048) [617.2 KB] || Mar302022FlareX1pt3_171-131Blend_2k_print.jpg (1024x1024) [196.3 KB] || Mar302022FlareX1pt3_171-131Blend_2k_searchweb.png (320x180) [105.8 KB] || Mar302022FlareX1pt3_171-131Blend_2k_thm.png (80x40) [8.3 KB] || ", "hits": 95 }, { "id": 5063, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5063/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2023-02-10T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An X1.9 Class Solar Flare and its Aftermath - January 9, 2023", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Here, Active Region 13164 (near the lower left limb of the solar disk) fires off a hefty X-class flare (X1.9). (Solar Flares: What does it take to be X-class?). The region continues some active evolution with loops and filaments more visible in the 171A and 304A filters. Smaller M-Class flares erupt later in this sequence, an M 5.1 at the upper left limb and an M 2.6 in the lower right center. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to all the imagery on this page. || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 5062, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5062/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2023-01-19T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Active Region AR13182 launches an X1.2 Class Solar Flare - January 6, 2023", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Here, Active Region 13182 (lower left of solar disk on limb) launches an X1.2-class flare in early January 2023 (Solar Flares: What does it take to be X-class?). The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to all the imagery on this page. || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 5000, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5000/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2022-08-19T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar X-flare. May 3, 2022", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.These imagery cover the time frame of an X1.1 flare (lower left). || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 5005, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5005/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2022-08-19T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar X1.5 flare - May 10, 2022", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.This imagery is focused on an X1.5 flare on May 10, 2022. || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 14129, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14129/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2022-04-01T07:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mid-level Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on March 31, 2022", "description": "This is a close-up image captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory of today’s solar flare. The image shows a a blend of 131 and 171 angstrom extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares.Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO || March_31_M9pt7_flare_131-171_1080.jpg (1920x1080) [381.4 KB] || March_31_M9pt7_flare_131-171_1080_searchweb.png (320x180) [87.3 KB] || March_31_M9pt7_flare_131-171_1080_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || ", "hits": 49 }, { "id": 14152, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14152/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2022-05-02T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on April 30, 2022", "description": "NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image sequence of an X1.1 solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the upper right portion of the image – on April 30, 2022. The image is a blend of three wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in red. The three wavelengths are 131 angstrom, 171 angstrom and 304 angstrom. The sequence has a cadence of one image every 15 minutes and covers 8pm EDT April 29th to 8pm EDT April 30th.Credit: NASA/SDO || April_30_X1_flare_131-171-304.gif (500x500) [6.1 MB] || April_30_X1_flare_4k.mov (4096x4096) [654.3 MB] || April_30_X1_flare_4k.mp4 (4096x4096) [27.5 MB] || April_30_X1_flare_4k.webm (4096x4096) [4.9 MB] || ", "hits": 71 }, { "id": 5042, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5042/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2022-10-21T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar X-Flare - October 2, 2022 (X1.0 class)", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Here we have multi-wavelength views of an X1.0 class flare from early October 2022 (upper right of image). Solar flares are classified by the amount of energy released (Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class?). Several long filaments or prominences (the dark ribbons) meander across the lower hemisphere. || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 5077, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5077/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2023-02-27T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "M1 Flare and Eruption on Solar Limb - February 7, 2023", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.An active region coming around the left limb of the sun launches a small M1 class flare and then an impressive flame-like eruption of solar material. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to all the imagery on this page. || ", "hits": 49 }, { "id": 5066, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5066/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2023-02-10T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An X1.0 Class Solar Flare - January 10, 2023", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Here, Active Region 13186 (upper left of solar disk) fires off an X-class flare (X1.0). (Solar Flares: What does it take to be X-class?). The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to all the imagery on this page. || ", "hits": 26 }, { "id": 14279, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14279/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2022-12-14T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Mid-level Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on December 14, 2022", "description": "An M6.2 class solar flare flashes on the right side of the Sun on December 14, 2022. This imagery was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows light in the 131 angstrom wavelengths.Credit: NASA/SDO || M6pt3Flare12142022_131.gif (500x500) [4.5 MB] || ", "hits": 43 }, { "id": 14240, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14240/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2022-11-08T07:00:00-05:00", "title": "November 6, 2022 M5.2 Solar Flare", "description": "This video of the November 6th M5.2 solar flare shows the Sun in 171 angstrom light. It covers the time period from 6:48pm EST to 8:48pm EST.Credit: NASA/SDO || Flare_Still_171.png (1070x1070) [1.3 MB] || JHV_2022-11-07_171_Flare.mp4 (4096x4096) [12.6 MB] || JHV_2022-11-07_171_Flare.webm (4096x4096) [1.4 MB] || ", "hits": 49 }, { "id": 14536, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14536/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-02-26T14:45:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's SDO Captures a February Solar Flare Triple Play", "description": "The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spotted three X-class flares on the Sun between February 21 and 22, 2024. Watch this video to see what those events looked like in several wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light that SDO captures. The video opens with quick shots of the three flares in different wavelength blends. The first is a blend of 131 and 171-angstrom-light imagery, the second is 171 and 304, and the last is 171 and 1600. Each wavelength highlights different temperature plasma and reveals different layers and features of the Sun. 131 angstrom light shows both the extremely hot plasma of flares (6-10 million Kelvin) and cooler plasma (400,000 Kelvin). Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDOMusic: \"Serene Reverie\" from the album Reflections. Written and produced by Lars Leonhard.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || February_Triple_Play_Still_print.jpg (1024x576) [166.0 KB] || February_Triple_Play_Still.jpg (3840x2160) [2.1 MB] || February_Triple_Play_Still_searchweb.png (320x180) [100.7 KB] || February_Triple_Play_Still_thm.png (80x40) [8.0 KB] || 14536_FebruaryXFlareTriplePlay_1080.webm (1920x1080) [26.0 MB] || Flare_Triple_Play_Captions.en_US.srt [811 bytes] || Flare_Triple_Play_Captions.en_US.vtt [772 bytes] || 14536_FebruaryXFlareTriplePlay_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [405.7 MB] || 14536_FebruaryXFlareTriplePlay_1080_small.mp4 (1920x1080) [166.7 MB] || 14536_FebruaryXFlareTriplePlay_ProRes_3840x2160.mov (3840x2160) [14.2 GB] || 14536_FebruaryXFlareTriplePlay_4k_25mbps.mp4 (3840x2160) [670.9 MB] || 14536_FebruaryXFlareTriplePlay_4k_50mbps.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.3 GB] || ", "hits": 110 }, { "id": 11868, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11868/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-05-06T09:45:00-04:00", "title": "NASA's SDO Observes a Cinco de Mayo Solar Flare", "description": "Video of May 5, 2015 X2.7 flare.Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO || May_5_2015_Flare_Still_304-171.png (1920x1080) [8.1 MB] || May_5_2015_Flare_Still_304-171.jpg (1920x1080) [415.9 KB] || May_5_2015_Flare_Still_304-171_print.jpg (1024x576) [145.7 KB] || May_5_2015_Flare_Still_304-171_web.png (320x180) [83.3 KB] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_MPEG4_1920X1080_2997.mp4 (1920x1080) [42.2 MB] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_H264_Good_1920x1080_2997.webm (1920x1080) [4.8 MB] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_1280x720.wmv (1280x720) [23.1 MB] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_appletv.m4v (960x540) [19.0 MB] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_appletv_subtitles.m4v (960x540) [19.0 MB] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [7.1 MB] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [3.6 MB] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_SRT_Captions.en_US.srt [230 bytes] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_SRT_Captions.en_US.vtt [243 bytes] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_ProRes_1920x1080_2997.mov (1920x1080) [674.9 MB] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_H264_Best_1920x1080_2997.mov (1920x1080) [682.7 MB] || 11868_May_5_X_Flare_H264_Good_1920x1080_2997.mov (1920x1080) [219.1 MB] || ", "hits": 175 }, { "id": 11493, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11493/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2014-02-25T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's SDO Provides Images of Significant Solar Flare", "description": "The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:49 p.m. EST on Feb. 24, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which keeps a constant watch on the sun, captured images of the event.This flare is classified as an X4.9-class flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. An X2 is twice as intense as an X1, an X3 is three times as intense, etc. || ", "hits": 190 }, { "id": 11383, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11383/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2013-10-25T10:30:00-04:00", "title": "Sun Emits Third Solar Flare in Two Days", "description": "The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 4:01 a.m. EDT on Oct. 25, 2013. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however — when intense enough — they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel. This disrupts the radio signals for as long as the flare is ongoing, anywhere from minutes to hours.This flare is classified as an X1.7 class flare. \"X-class\" denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. An X2 is twice as intense as an X1, an X3 is three times as intense, etc. In the past, X-class flares of this intensity have caused degradation or blackouts of radio communications for about an hour. Increased numbers of flares are quite common at the moment, since the sun's normal 11-year activity cycle is currently near solar maximum conditions. Humans have tracked this solar cycle continuously since it was discovered in 1843, and it is normal for there to be many flares a day during the sun's peak activity. The first X-class flare of the current solar cycle occurred on February 15, 2011. The largest X-class flare in this cycle was an X6.9 on August 9, 2011. || ", "hits": 80 }, { "id": 11629, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11629/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2014-08-25T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "Late Summer M5 Solar Flare - August, 24, 2014", "description": "On Aug. 24, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 8:16 a.m. EDT. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the flare, which erupted on the left side of the sun. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however — when intense enough — they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.To see how this event may affect Earth, please visit NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center at http://spaceweather.gov, the U.S. government's official source for space weather forecasts, alerts, watches and warnings.This flare is classified as an M5 flare. M-class flares are ten times less powerful than the most intense flares, called X-class flares.Visit the SDO site.All Video and Image Credit: NASA/SDO || ", "hits": 70 }, { "id": 11483, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11483/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2014-02-21T09:45:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's IRIS Spots Its Largest Solar Flare", "description": "On Jan. 28, 2014, NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, witnessed its strongest solar flare since it launched in the summer of 2013. Solar flares are bursts of x-rays and light that stream out into space, but scientists don't yet know the fine details of what sets them off. IRIS peers into a layer of the sun's lower atmosphere just above the surface, called the chromosphere, with unprecedented resolution. However, IRIS can't look at the entire sun at the same time, so the team must always make decisions about what region might provide useful observations. On Jan. 28, scientists spotted a magnetically active region on the sun and focused IRIS on it to see how the solar material behaved under intense magnetic forces. At 2:40 p.m. EST, a moderate flare, labeled an M-class flare — which is the second strongest class flare after X-class – erupted from the area, sending light and x-rays into space. IRIS studies the layer of the sun’s atmosphere called the chromosphere that is key to regulating the flow of energy and material as they travel from the sun's surface out into space. Along the way, the energy heats up the upper atmosphere, the corona, and sometimes powers solar events such as this flare. IRIS is equipped with an instrument called a spectrograph that can separate out the light it sees into its individual wavelengths, which in turn correlates to material at different temperatures, velocities and densities. The spectrograph on IRIS was pointed right into the heart of this flare when it reached its peak, and so the data obtained can help determine how different temperatures of plasma flow where, giving scientists more insight into how flares work. || ", "hits": 46 }, { "id": 11000, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11000/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-06-11T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA's Fermi Detects the Highest-Energy Light from a Solar Flare", "description": "During a powerful solar blast in March, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected the highest-energy light ever associated with an eruption on the sun. The discovery heralds Fermi's new role as a solar observatory, a powerful new tool for understanding solar outbursts during the sun's maximum period of activity.\"For most of Fermi's four years in orbit, its Large Area Telescope (LAT) saw the sun as a faint, steady gamma-ray source thanks to the impacts of high-speed particles called cosmic rays,\" said Nicola Omodei, an astrophysicist at Stanford University in California. \"Now we're beginning to see what the sun itself can do.\"A solar flare is an explosive blast of light and charged particles. The powerful March 7 flare, which earned a classification of X5.4 based on the peak intensity of its X-rays, is the strongest eruption so far observed by Fermi's LAT. The flare produced such an outpouring of gamma rays — a form of light with even greater energy than X-rays — that the sun briefly became the brightest object in the gamma-ray sky.At the flare's peak, the LAT detected gamma rays with two billion times the energy of visible light, or about 4 billion electron volts (GeV), easily setting a record for the highest-energy light ever detected during or just after a solar flare. The flux of high-energy gamma rays, defined as those with energies beyond 100 million electron volts (MeV), was 1,000 times greater than the sun's steady output. The March 7 flare also is notable for the persistence of its gamma-ray emission. Fermi's LAT detected high-energy gamma rays for about 20 hours, two and a half times longer than any event on record. Additionally, the event marks the first time a greater-than-100-MeV gamma-ray source has been localized to the sun's disk, thanks to the LAT's keen angular resolution. Flares and other eruptive solar events produce gamma rays by accelerating charged particles, which then collide with matter in the sun's atmosphere and visible surface. For instance, interactions among protons result in short-lived subatomic particles called pions, which produce high-energy gamma rays when they decay. Nuclei excited by collisions with lower-energy ions give off characteristic gamma rays as they settle down. Accelerated electrons emit gamma rays as they collide with protons and atomic nuclei.Solar eruptions are now on the rise as the sun progresses toward the peak of its roughly 11-year-long activity cycle, now expected in mid-2013. || ", "hits": 156 }, { "id": 4659, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4659/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2018-06-27T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Incredible Solar Flare, Prominence Eruption and CME Event (hydrogen alpha filter)", "description": "This movie is generated from imagery collected by the NSO GONG network of solar observatories. It is not time-synchronized to the related observations by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). || BBSO_Halpha_2011JuneUh_stand.HD1080i.00187_print.jpg (1024x576) [25.1 KB] || BBSO_Halpha_2011JuneUh_stand.HD1080i.00187_searchweb.png (320x180) [20.9 KB] || BBSO_Halpha_2011JuneUh_stand.HD1080i.00187_thm.png (80x40) [2.3 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || BBSO_Halpha_2011JuneUh_HD1080i_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [2.8 MB] || BBSO_Halpha_2011JuneUh_HD1080i_p30.webm (1920x1080) [1.2 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_30p (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || BBSO_Halpha_2011JuneUh_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [11.4 MB] || BBSO_Halpha_2011JuneUh_HD1080i_p30.mp4.hwshow [200 bytes] || ", "hits": 76 }, { "id": 4164, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4164/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2014-05-07T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "A Multi-Mission View of a Solar Flare: Optical to Gamma-rays", "description": "To improve our understanding of complex phenomena such as solar flares, a wide variety of tools are needed. In the case of astronomy, those tools enable us to analyze the light in many different wavelengths and many different ways.Many different instruments are observing the Sun almost continuously, both from space and on the surface of the Earth. On March 29, 2014, the Dunn Solar Telescope at Sacramento Peak, New Mexico was observing a solar active region and requested other observatories to watch as well. As a result of this coordination, the region was being observed by a large number of different instruments, ground and space-based, when it subsequently erupted with an X-class flare. This visualization presents various combinations of the datasets collected during this effort. The color text represents the dominant color of the dataset in the imagery.Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO): HMI (617.1nm). This data represents the Sun is visible light similar to how we see it from the ground.Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO): AIA (17.1nm). Solar ultraviolet emission, which can only be seen from space, reveals plasma flowing, and escaping, along magnetic fields.IRIS Slit-Jaw Imager: 140.0nm. This high-resolution imager also contains a slit (the dark vertical line in the center of the field) which directs the light to an ultraviolet spectrometer which is used to extract even more information about the light. The imager slews back-and-forth across the region, providing spectra over a larger area of the Sun.Hinode/X-ray Telescope: x-ray band. Indicates very hot plasma.RHESSI: 50-100 keV. High-energy gamma-ray emission. Emission from these locations represent the very highest energy photons from the flare event.Dunn Solar Telescope: G-band filter. This filter, showing much of the solar surface (photosphere) in visible light, provides a detailed view of the sunspots and convection cells. The view moves because the instrument was repointed several times during the observation.Dunn Solar Telescope: IBIS ( Hydrogen alpha, 656.3nm; Calcium 854.2 nm; Iron 630.15nm). This is the small rectangular view within the Dunn Solar Telescope G-band view. This instrument can tune the wavelength during the observation, which provides views of the solar atmosphere at different depths. || ", "hits": 46 }, { "id": 12563, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12563/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-04-03T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "April 2017 Solar Flare Trio", "description": "Video depicting the trio of solar flares witnessed by SDO in early April 2017. Music credit: A Waltz into Darkness by Joseph BennieComplete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || 12563_April2017_AR12644_Mflares_V3_VX-685285_youtube_hq.01880_print.jpg (1024x576) [194.4 KB] || 12563_April2017_AR12644_Mflares_V3.mov (1920x1080) [1.4 GB] || 12563_April2017_AR12644_Mflares_V3_VX-685285.mpeg (1280x720) [332.4 MB] || 12563_April2017_AR12644_Mflares_V3_VX-685285_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [49.1 MB] || PRORES_B-ROLL_12563_April2017_AR12644_Mflares_V3_VX-685285_prores.mov (1280x720) [715.1 MB] || 12563_April2017_AR12644_Mflares_V3_VX-685285_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [603.9 MB] || 12563_April2017_AR12644_Mflares_V3_VX-685285_youtube_hq.webm (1920x1080) [11.0 MB] || 12563_April2017_AR12644_Mflares_V3_VX-685285_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [49.1 MB] || 12563_April2017_AR12644_Mflares.en_US.srt [880 bytes] || 12563_April2017_AR12644_Mflares.en_US.vtt [892 bytes] || 12563_April2017_AR12644_Mflares_V3_VX-685285_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [17.2 MB] || ", "hits": 48 }, { "id": 4066, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4066/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2014-02-11T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "SDO's Multi-wavelength View of a May 2013 Solar Flare", "description": "An active region on the left limb of the Sun launches a large flare and coronal material in this sequence from early May 2013. || ", "hits": 59 }, { "id": 4151, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4151/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2014-05-16T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Looking Back: The Record Flare for Solar Cycle 24", "description": "On August 9, 2011 at 3:48 a.m. EDT, the sun emitted an Earth-directed X6.9 flare, as measured by the NOAA GOES satellite. These gigantic bursts of radiation cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to harm humans on the ground, however they can disrupt the atmosphere and disrupt GPS and communications signals. In this case, it appears the flare is strong enough to potentially cause some radio communication blackouts. It also produced increased solar energetic proton radiation — enough to affect humans in space if they do not protect themselves.As of March 2014, this flare is the largest of solar cycle 24.Here are the raw images used in creating the components in Sun Unleashes X6.9 Class Flare on August 9, 2011 || ", "hits": 73 }, { "id": 4352, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4352/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2017-08-20T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Incredible Solar Flare, Prominence Eruption and CME Event (SDO/HMI visible light)", "description": "These movies present the six hour interval around the event, a one minute per animation frame. || MonsterFilament_HMI_stand.HD1080i.00100_print.jpg (1024x576) [40.8 KB] || MonsterFilament_HMI_stand.HD1080i.00100_searchweb.png (320x180) [21.8 KB] || MonsterFilament_HMI_stand.HD1080i.00100_thm.png (80x40) [2.7 KB] || MonsterFilament_HMI_stand.HD1080i.00100_web.png (320x180) [21.8 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || MonsterFilament_HMI.HD1080i_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [12.1 MB] || MonsterFilament_HMI.HD1080i_p30.webm (1920x1080) [1.2 MB] || MonsterFilament_HMI.HD1080i_p30.mp4.hwshow [197 bytes] || ", "hits": 66 }, { "id": 12224, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12224/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-04-26T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA’s SDO Captures Stunning 4K View of April 17 Solar Flare", "description": "Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || 4.17.16_flare.jpg (1280x720) [123.0 KB] || 4.17.16_flare_searchweb.png (320x180) [114.3 KB] || 4.17.16_flare_thm.png (80x40) [18.0 KB] || APPLE_TV_12224_4.17.16.flare_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [46.9 MB] || PRORES_B-ROLL_12224_4.17.16.flare_prores.mov (1280x720) [645.2 MB] || WEBM_12224_4.17.16.flare.webm (960x540) [39.1 MB] || APPLE_TV_12224_4.17.16.flare_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [47.0 MB] || 12224_4.17.16.flare4K.mov (4096x2160) [4.9 GB] || 4.17.16.en_US.srt [789 bytes] || 4.17.16.en_US.vtt [802 bytes] || YOUTUBE_HQ_12224_4.17.16.flare_youtube_hq.mov (4096x2160) [2.4 GB] || 12224_4.17.16.flare_lowres.mp4 (480x256) [13.1 MB] || ", "hits": 440 }, { "id": 4267, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4267/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-02-11T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "December 2014 Sparkling X-Flare from Solar Dynamics Observatory", "description": "A view of the X-flare in the 131 angstrom filter. || Dec2014SparkleX_131A_stand.HD1080i.01300_print.jpg (1024x576) [80.6 KB] || Dec2014SparkleX_131A_stand.HD1080i.01300_searchweb.png (320x180) [42.1 KB] || Dec2014SparkleX_131A_stand.HD1080i.01300_thm.png (80x40) [4.0 KB] || Dec2014SparkleX_131A_stand_HD1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [140.7 MB] || Dec2014SparkleX_131A.HD1080.mov (1920x1080) [531.0 MB] || Dec2014SparkleX_131A (1920x1080) [256.0 KB] || Dec2014SparkleX_131A.HD1080.webm (1920x1080) [10.1 MB] || ", "hits": 74 }, { "id": 4259, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4259/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-02-11T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "April 2012 Solar Flare & Eruption", "description": "Full disk movie of the flare and eruption, as seen through the 171angstrom filter. || April2012Eruption_171A_stand.HD1080i.00192_print.jpg (1024x576) [64.6 KB] || April2012Eruption_171AHD (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || April2012Eruption_171A.HD1080i.mov (1920x1080) [57.8 MB] || April2012Eruption_171A_stand_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [22.2 MB] || April2012Eruption_171A.HD1080i.webm (1920x1080) [6.5 MB] || ", "hits": 57 }, { "id": 4282, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4282/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-03-25T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "March Solar X-flare from IRIS and SDO", "description": "Zoom in on the view of the flare, using SDO and IRIS. || SDO304_IRIS1330_March2015A_stand.HD1080i.00500_print.jpg (1024x576) [151.2 KB] || SDO304_IRIS1330_March2015A_stand.HD1080i.00500_searchweb.png (320x180) [88.9 KB] || SDO304_IRIS1330_March2015A_stand.HD1080i.00500_web.png (320x180) [88.9 KB] || SDO304_IRIS1330_March2015A_stand.HD1080i.00500_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || SDO304_IRIS1330_March2015A_HD1080.webm (1920x1080) [4.0 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || SDO304_IRIS1330_March2015A_stand_HD1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [121.2 MB] || SDO304_IRIS1330_March2015A_HD1080.mov (1920x1080) [353.5 MB] || SDO304_IRIS1330_March2015A_stand_HD1080.mp4.hwshow [205 bytes] || ", "hits": 58 }, { "id": 4182, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4182/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-02-11T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Double Solar Flare of June 10, 2014 as Seen by SDO", "description": "Multiple flares erupted from the same active region just a few hours apart on June 10, 2014. The first flare, an M-class, erupted near the limb of the sun. Within a couple of hours, two more X-class flares erupted (see Classifying Solar Eruptions) peaked at 12:52UT. A number of smaller flares erupted from the same region before and after the largest events. || ", "hits": 45 }, { "id": 4235, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4235/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-02-11T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "October X-flare from Solar Dynamics Observatory", "description": "Active Region AR12192 erupts with an X-class flare in the visualization in the SDO AIA 171 angstrom filter. || Oct2014Xflare_171A_stand.HD1080i.00334_print.jpg (1024x576) [65.0 KB] || Oct2014Xflare_171A_stand.HD1080i.00334_searchweb.png (320x180) [44.3 KB] || Oct2014Xflare_171A_stand.HD1080i.00334_web.png (320x180) [44.3 KB] || Oct2014Xflare_171A_stand.HD1080i.00334_thm.png (80x40) [4.1 KB] || Oct2014Xflare_171A_stand_1080.webmhd.webm (960x540) [2.1 MB] || Oct2014Xflare_171A_stand_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [19.7 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || Oct2014Xflare_171A_stand_1080.hwshow [82 bytes] || ", "hits": 60 }, { "id": 4244, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4244/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-02-11T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "December 4, 2014: M6 Flare as Seen by Solar Dynamics Observatory & GOES", "description": "SDO 131 angstrom visual with overlaid plot of GOES X-ray flux during the time span. || 20141204_131AIA-GOES.composite.00500_print.jpg (1024x1024) [337.7 KB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES.composite.00500_searchweb.png (320x180) [70.8 KB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES.composite.00500_web.png (320x320) [107.2 KB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES.composite.00500_thm.png (80x40) [6.1 KB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES_1024x1024.webm (1024x1024) [3.0 MB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES_1024x1024.mp4 (1024x1024) [68.0 MB] || SDO131AnGOES (4096x4096) [64.0 KB] || 20141204_131AIA-GOES.mp4 (4096x4096) [1.2 GB] || ", "hits": 60 }, { "id": 11503, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11503/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2014-03-13T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA On Air: NASA Spacecraft Observes Solar Flare (3/13/2014)", "description": "LEAD: What is a X-class solar flare? It is one of the most intense categories of massive bursts of light from the sun.1. This flare erupted on Tuesday, January 7, 2014.2. For scale, the dark-colored sun spot is huge...about twice the size of Earth.3. NASA’s SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) spacecraft, launched in 2010, studies the sun’s magnetic fields.4. Flares are related to the reconnection, or short-circuiting, of magnetic loopsTAG: Though not a threat to humans, SOME solar flares can disrupt GPS and communication signals. || SolarFlare.jpg (1920x1080) [2.1 MB] || SolarFlare_web.png (320x180) [64.3 KB] || SolarFlare_thm.png (80x40) [4.3 KB] || WC_SolarFlare-1920-MASTER_WEA_CEN.wmv (1280x720) [18.5 MB] || WC_SolarFlare-1920-MASTER_prores.avi (1280x720) [18.9 MB] || WC_SolarFlare-1920-MASTER_baron.mp4 (1920x1080) [24.5 MB] || WC_SolarFlare-1920-MASTER.webmhd.webm (960x540) [8.6 MB] || WC_SolarFlare-1920-MASTER_iPad_960x540.m4v (960x540) [267.7 MB] || WC_SolarFlare-1920-MASTER_iPad_1280x720.m4v (1280x720) [444.7 MB] || WC_SolarFlare-1920-MASTER_prores.mov (1920x1080) [484.8 MB] || WC_SolarFlare-1920-MASTER_NBC_Today.mov (1920x1080) [884.6 MB] || WC_SolarFlare-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.m4v (1920x1080) [884.7 MB] || WC_SolarFlare-1920-MASTER_1920x1080.mov (1920x1080) [1.2 GB] || WC_SolarFlare-1920-MASTER_1280x720.mov (1280x720) [1.5 GB] || ", "hits": 57 }, { "id": 4121, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4121/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2014-02-11T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "October 2013 X-Flare from Solar Dynamics Observatory", "description": "Another Halloween space weather fest? October-November 2003 of the previous solar cycle saw some of the most energetic solar events since space flight (see Halloween Solar Storms 2003: A Multi-Mission View. Halloween of 2013 has seen a similar round of high solar activity, with energetic flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). || ", "hits": 59 }, { "id": 4146, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4146/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2014-02-21T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "IRIS close-up of a solar flare", "description": "The Slit-Jaw Imager (SJI) aboard IRIS (Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph) observes a tiny region of the Sun at an image resolution (0.166 arc-seconds per pixel) almost four times higher than the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) (0.6 arc-seconds per pixel). In addition, IRIS has a narrow slit in the imaging plane (the thin, dark vertical line in the center of the inset) which directs some of the light to a spectrograph which allows solar physicists to determine velocity and temperature of the solar plasma.In this zoom-in from a full-disk view of the Sun from SDO, the imager is observering the Sun at a wavelength of 133nm (1330 angstroms). The imager field-of-view is moved across the solar disk in four steps, allowing the slit to pass over different regions of the Sun to determine the properties of the plasma.Note: IRIS and SDO are in very different orbits. You can see samples of the orbits at The 2013 Earth-Orbiting Heliophysics Fleet. IRIS is in a near-Earth orbit, while SDO is much higher at geosynchronous orbit. This difference in camera location creates a small parallax between the images composited from these two cameras. || ", "hits": 46 }, { "id": 3957, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3957/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-08-24T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar Flare from SDO, April 2011 (AIA 94 Å)", "description": "The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observed a large solar flare in April 2011.This visualization was generated using quick-look time resolution (36 seconds) data from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA). Two datasets are used, the SDO/AIA 94 Ångstrom wavelength (green color table). This wavelength is in the ultraviolet band of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is not visible to the human eye or to ground-based telescopes so coded colors are used in presentation.It is the source material for \"SDO Year 2 video\". || ", "hits": 34 }, { "id": 3920, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3920/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-03-07T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "The Rising Solar Cycle: X5.4 Flare ('W' sunspot group) seen by SDO", "description": "Sunspot group 1429 of solar cycle 24 has launched an X5.4 flare can coronal mass ejection (CME) that is forecast to impact the EarthThis visualization has the full 4Kx4K frames from the 17.1 nm and 13.1 nm filters on the Solar Dynamics Observatory. 2Kx2K MPEG-4 movies are also available. || ", "hits": 46 }, { "id": 3918, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3918/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-03-07T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Solar Flare & CME from January 2012", "description": "A solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) observed by SDO in January 2012. || ", "hits": 37 }, { "id": 3904, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3904/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-03-13T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "An X-class Flare of Solar Cycle 24 as Seen by SDO", "description": "An X1.1 flare was seen by SDO on March 5, 2012. This is the view from the 171 Angstrom filter. || ", "hits": 35 }, { "id": 3838, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3838/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-07-01T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Incredible Solar Flare, Prominence Eruption and CME Event (304 angstroms)", "description": "On June 7, 2011, an M-2 flare occurred on the Sun which released a very large coronal mass ejection (CME). Much of the ejected material is much cooler (less than about 80,000K) and therefore appears dark against the brighter solar disk.Material which does not reach solar escape velocity can be seen falling back and striking the solar surface, sometimes triggering smaller events.This image sequence is captured at one minute intervals and designed to play synchronously with animations 3839 (171 Ångstroms), 3840 (211 Ångstroms) and 3841 (1700 Ångstroms). || ", "hits": 91 }, { "id": 3839, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3839/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-07-01T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Incredible Solar Flare, Prominence Eruption and CME Event (171 angstroms)", "description": "On June 7, 2011, an M-2 flare occurred on the Sun which released a very large coronal mass ejection (CME). Much of the ejected material is much cooler (less than about 80,000K) and therefore appears dark against the brighter solar disk.Material which does not reach solar escape velocity can be seen falling back and striking the solar surface, sometimes triggering smaller events.This image sequence is captured at one minute intervals and designed to play synchronously with animations 3838 (304 Ångstroms), 3840 (211 Ångstroms) and 3841 (1700 Ångstroms). || ", "hits": 86 }, { "id": 3840, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3840/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-07-01T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Incredible Solar Flare, Prominence Eruption and CME Event (211 angstroms)", "description": "On June 7, 2011, an M-2 flare occurred on the Sun which released a very large coronal mass ejection (CME). Much of the ejected material is much cooler (less than about 80,000K) and therefore appears dark against the brighter solar disk.Material which does not reach solar escape velocity can be seen falling back and striking the solar surface, sometimes triggering smaller events.This image sequence is captured at one minute intervals and designed to play synchronously with animations 3839 (171 Ångstroms), 3838 (304 Ångstroms) and 3841 (1700 Ångstroms). || ", "hits": 46 }, { "id": 3841, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3841/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-07-01T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Incredible Solar Flare, Prominence Eruption and CME Event (1700 angstroms)", "description": "On June 7, 2011, an M-2 flare occurred on the Sun which released a very large coronal mass ejection (CME). At this wavelength, very little of the ejected material is visible. However, it is possible to see locations where some of the material is falling back and striking the solar surface.This image sequence is captured at one minute intervals and designed to play synchronously with animations 3839 (171 Ångstroms), 3840 (211 Ångstroms) and 3838 (304 Ångstroms). || ", "hits": 47 }, { "id": 20033, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20033/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2004-12-03T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Simplified Model for a Solar Flare", "description": "This solar flare animation illustrates the role of magnetic field lines and reconnection events in the phenomenon. || Movie of simplified solar flare model || Flare_pre.00027_print.jpg (1024x691) [77.8 KB] || Flare_thm.png (80x40) [16.5 KB] || Flare_pre.jpg (320x197) [7.6 KB] || Flare_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [68.4 KB] || Flare.webmhd.webm (960x540) [2.4 MB] || Flare.mpg (720x486) [2.6 MB] || ", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 3162, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3162/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-05-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "RHESSI and TRACE View of January 20, 2005 Solar Flare", "description": "RHESSI spacecraft images of gamma-rays (blue) and X-rays (red) thrown off by the hottest part of the flare are shown with UV images from the TRACE spacecraft. The gamma rays are made by energetic protons at the Sun. Scientists were surprised that the gamma rays matched the energy spectrum of protons at Earth: the proton storm may have come directly from the Sun and not from the CME as anticipated. || ", "hits": 36 }, { "id": 3161, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3161/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-05-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRACE Ultraviolet View of January 20, 2005 Solar Flare", "description": "AR 10720 in the TRACE 1600 angstrom band. || fast_trace.0000.jpg (720x480) [59.4 KB] || fast_trace_320x240_pre.jpg (320x240) [9.6 KB] || fast_trace_NTSC.webmhd.webm (960x540) [7.1 MB] || fast_trace_640x480.mpg (640x480) [12.2 MB] || fast_trace_NTSC.m2v (720x480) [19.5 MB] || 720x480_4x3_30 (720x480) [32.0 KB] || a003161_fast_trace_NTSC.mp4 (640x480) [3.9 MB] || fast_trace_320x240.mpg (320x240) [3.1 MB] || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 2509, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2509/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-01-31T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "A Multi-Mission View of the AR9906 Solar Flare with Instrument Labels", "description": "Here's a view of the Sun, from the point of view of a fleet of Sun-observing spacecraft - SOHO, TRACE, and RHESSI. The time scales of the data samples in this visualization range from six hours to as short as 12 seconds and the display rate varies throughout the movie. The region and event of interest is the solar flare over solar active region AR9906 on April 21, 2002. In this visualization, the instrument names appear in a color roughly matching the color used for the data, and black corresponds to no (current) instrument coverage. || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 2511, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2511/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-01-31T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "A Multi-Mission View of the AR9906 Solar Flare without Instrument Labels", "description": "Here's a view of the Sun, from the point of view of a fleet of Sun-observing spacecraft - SOHO, TRACE, and RHESSI. The time scales of the data samples in this visualization range from 6 hours to as short as 12 seconds and the display rate varies throughout the movie. The region and event of interest is the solar flare over solar active region AR9906 on April 21, 2002. In this visualization, black corresponds to no (current) instrument coverage (there used to be a LASCO C1 camera inside the ring of LASCO C2, but that instrument didn't recover after SOHO was temporarily 'lost' in 1998). || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 2553, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2553/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-01-31T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "A Multi-Mission View of the AR9906 Solar Flare with Alternate Instrument Labels", "description": "Here's a view of the Sun, from the point of view of a fleet of Sun-observing spacecraft - SOHO, TRACE, and RHESSI. The time scales of the data samples in this visualization range from 6 hours to as short as 12 seconds and the display rate varies throughout the movie. The region and event of interest is the solar flare over solar active region AR9906 on April 21, 2002. In this visualization, black corresponds to no (current) instrument coverage (there used to be a LASCO C1 camera inside the ring of LASCO C2, but that instrument didn't recover after SOHO was temporarily 'lost' in 1998). || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 2750, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2750/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-02T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "RHESSI Observes 2.2 MeV Line Emission from a Solar Flare", "description": "The solar flare at Active Region 10039 on July 23, 2002 exhibits many exceptional high-energy phenomena including the 2.223 MeV neutron capture line and the 511 keV electron-positron (antimatter) annihilation line. In the animation, the RHESSI low-energy channels (12-25 keV) are represented in red and appears predominantly in coronal loops. The high-energy flux appears as blue at the footpoints of the coronal loops. Violet is used to indicate the location and relative intensity of the 2.2MeV emission. || ", "hits": 34 }, { "id": 302, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/302/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1998-12-22T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Zoom and Fade to Animation of Solar Flare using TRACE Imagery", "description": "A zoom into a composite solar image created from TRACE observations made on October 10, 1998, followed by an animation of TRACE images showing a flare in the solar corona || a000302.00010_print.png (720x480) [499.2 KB] || a000302_thm.png (80x40) [5.6 KB] || a000302_pre.jpg (320x238) [8.3 KB] || a000302_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [59.2 KB] || a000302.webmhd.webm (960x540) [10.5 MB] || a000302.dv (720x480) [146.0 MB] || a000302.mp4 (640x480) [8.1 MB] || a000302.mpg (352x240) [6.8 MB] || ", "hits": 61 }, { "id": 40360, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/sdosolar-events/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2018-09-13T09:22:27-04:00", "title": "SDO: Solar Events", "description": "No description available.", "hits": 195 }, { "id": 40357, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/sdo4k-content/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2018-09-13T09:22:28-04:00", "title": "SDO: 4k Content", "description": "Since 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory has taken 60 million images of the sun and 2 comets. Here are a few of our favorites.", "hits": 287 }, { "id": 14964, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14964/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2026-02-05T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Early February Flares 2026", "description": "So far, the Sun has emitted six X-class solar flares in the first four days of February. X-class flares are the most powerful. In this composite image, we've layered all six X-class flares onto the Sun at once, to show the active areas. The images come from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which observes the Sun in different wavelengths, using filters that emphasize different characteristics. Flare #6, for example, shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares, which is colored in red and blue. The Sun’s magnetic field goes through a cycle, called the solar cycle, about every 11 years, with periods of more and less activity. The Sun reached its most active phase – solar maximum – in 2024, which means we’re still in a fairly active period of the cycle.For news of the recent flares: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/solar-cycle-25/Image DescriptionComposite image of 6 X-class solar flares emitted in February. In the center, the Sun is a dark red globe with mottled darker and glowing orange spots. Just above the equator and to the left of center longitudinally, 2 bright white glowing spots are made of the combined 6 X-class flares emitted so far. Six squares pop out from the center Sun, with lines connecting to the spot on the composite Sun their flare is contributing. Along the top, the squares are labeled 2, 4 and 6. Each has a subset of the Sun seen in a different colored wavelength. Box 2 is a purple Sun with a pinkish flare, from Feb. 2, 2026. Box 4 is a golden Sun with a white flare from Feb. 2, 2026. Box 6 is a pink Sun with an orange flare from Feb. 4, 2026. Along the bottom, the boxes are labeled 1, 3 and 5. Box 1 has a turquoise Sun with a teal flare from Feb. 1, 2026. Box 3 has a yellow Sun with an orange flare from Feb. 2, 2026. Box 5 has a red Sun the same color as the center, with a white flare, from Feb. 3, 2026. || February_2026_X_Flares_SIX_FINAL.jpg (7000x7000) [5.3 MB] || ", "hits": 1542 }, { "id": 14927, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14927/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-11-19T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "The Sun Unleashes Six November X-class Flares", "description": "A blended composite image highlighting all six X-class flares from November 2025. The main image shows 131 Angstrom light, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light. The inset images show a variety of 131 and blends of 131, 171, and 304 Angstrom light. Credit: NASA/SDO/Scott Wiessinger || November_XFlares_All_6_Inset_Multi.jpg (7000x7000) [7.0 MB] || ", "hits": 361 }, { "id": 40548, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/solarand-heliospheric-observatory-soho/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2026-03-03T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "SOHO – Solar and Heliospheric Observatory", "description": "Launched in December 1995, the joint ESA-NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) mission was designed to study the Sun inside out. Though its mission was scheduled to run until only 1998, it has continued collecting data, adding to scientists' understanding of our closest star, and making many new discoveries, including more than 5,000 comets.\n\nLearn more: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/soho/", "hits": 863 }, { "id": 14588, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14588/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-05-09T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "May 2-10, 2024 : A Busy Week of Flares", "description": "Produced VideoWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music Credit: “Halos” from the album Burning Clouds. Written and produced by Lars Leonhard. https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/track/halos || 14588_FlareRecap_thumbnail.jpg (1280x720) [205.8 KB] || 14588_FlareRecap_X.mp4 (1920x1080) [138.1 MB] || 14588_FlareRecap_YT.mp4 (1920x1080) [337.5 MB] || 14588FlareRecapCaptions.en_US.srt [1.5 KB] || 14588FlareRecapCaptions.en_US.vtt [1.4 KB] || 14588_FlareRecap_ProRes.mov (1920x1080) [3.2 GB] || ", "hits": 139 }, { "id": 14701, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14701/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-10-03T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sun Emits X9.0 Flare on October 3, 2024", "description": "Several video views of October 3rd's X9-class solar flare, the most powerful of this solar cycle, featuring two different wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light captured by NASA’ Solar Dynamics Observatory. AIA 171 (colorized here in gold) shows solar material at just over 1 million degrees Fahrenheit. AIA 131 (colorized here in red) shows solar material at up to a blistering 18 million degrees Fahrenheit.Credit:NASA/SDO || X9_Flare_video_still.jpg (1920x1080) [416.4 KB] || 14701SDOX9FlareCaptions.en_US.srt [172 bytes] || 14701SDOX9FlareCaptions.en_US.vtt [174 bytes] || 14701_SDO_October032024_X9_Flare.mp4 (1920x1080) [124.7 MB] || 14701_SDO_October032024_X9_Flare_ProRes_1920x1080.mov (1920x1080) [881.1 MB] || ", "hits": 268 }, { "id": 14535, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14535/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-02-23T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "Sun Emits X6.3 Flare on February 22, 2024", "description": "NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the upper left – on Feb. 22, 2024. The image shows a blend of 171 Angstrom, 193 Angstrom and 1600 Angstrom light, subsets of ultraviolet and extreme ultraviolet light. Credit: NASA/SDO || SDO_Feb_22_X6pt3_Flare2244UTC_4k_171-193-1600.jpg (4096x4096) [1.9 MB] || SDO_Feb_22_X6pt3_Flare2244UTC_4k_171-193-1600_searchweb.png (320x180) [94.8 KB] || SDO_Feb_22_X6pt3_Flare2244UTC_4k_171-193-1600_thm.png (80x40) [7.6 KB] || ", "hits": 124 }, { "id": 14479, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14479/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-02-09T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "Sun Releases X3.3 Flare on February 9, 2024", "description": "NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the lower right – on Feb. 9, 2024. The image shows a blend of 171 Angstrom and 131 Angstrom light, subsets of extreme ultraviolet light that highlight the plasma loops in the corona and the extremely hot material in flares, respectively. Credit: NASA/SDO || SDO_Feb_9_Flare1314UTC_131-171.jpg (4096x4096) [2.8 MB] || SDO_Feb_9_Flare1314UTC_131-171_searchweb.png (320x180) [102.5 KB] || SDO_Feb_9_Flare1314UTC_131-171_thm.png (80x40) [8.1 KB] || ", "hits": 78 }, { "id": 12706, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12706/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-09-06T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "A Powerful Sequence of Flares Start September 2017", "description": "Short video showing the sequence of M and X flares starting on September 4, 2017 and culminating with an X9.3 flare — the largest of the solar cycle.Music: \"Networked\" from Killer TracksWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || SDO_Flare_Still_3.jpg (1920x1080) [326.8 KB] || 12706_SDO_September_2017_Flares_ProRes_1920x1080_2997.mov (1920x1080) [2.9 GB] || 12706_SDO_September_2017_Flares_H264_Best_1080.mov (1920x1080) [1.1 GB] || 12706_SDO_September_2017_Flares_H264_Good_1080.m4v (1920x1080) [223.8 MB] || 12706_SDO_September_2017_Flares_Compatible.m4v (960x540) [90.1 MB] || 12706_SDO_September_2017_Flares_Compatible.webm (960x540) [23.8 MB] || 12706_SDO_September_2017_Flares_SRT_Captions.en_US.srt [2.4 KB] || 12706_SDO_September_2017_Flares_SRT_Captions.en_US.vtt [2.3 KB] || ", "hits": 122 }, { "id": 14703, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14703/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-10-10T07:00:00-04:00", "title": "X1.8 Flare Erupts From Sun on October 8, 2024", "description": "NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this imagery of an X1.8 solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the center – on Oct. 08, 2024. The footage shows from 9:15 to 10:18 p.m. EDT in a blend of 171, 304, and 131 Angstrom light, subsets of extreme ultraviolet light. This cropped version is slowed to 1/3 speed. Credit: NASA/SDO || Video_Still.jpg (1920x1080) [570.8 KB] || Video_Still_searchweb.png (320x180) [106.4 KB] || Video_Still_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || SDO_10_09_24_X1pt8_131-171-304tpz.mp4 (1920x1080) [22.1 MB] || SDO_10_09_24_X1pt8_131-171-304tpz.mov (1920x1080) [154.8 MB] || ", "hits": 116 }, { "id": 5495, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5495/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-02-20T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "M7.4 flare from Active Region 13964 - January 17, 2025", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes Active Region 13964 (in the upper right quadrant of the disk) launch an M7.4 flare followed by some complex post-flare evolution.", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 14270, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14270/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-01-06T16:00:00-05:00", "title": "Sun Emits X1.2 Flare on January 5, 2023", "description": "An X1.2 class solar flare flashes on the left edge of the Sun on January 5, 2023. This image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171 and 304 angstrom wavelengths.Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO || 1-6-23_057UT_X1pt2Flare_304-171_4k.jpg (4096x4096) [3.2 MB] || 1-6-23_057UT_X1pt2Flare_304-171_4k_searchweb.png (320x180) [105.4 KB] || 1-6-23_057UT_X1pt2Flare_304-171_4k_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || ", "hits": 52 }, { "id": 5489, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5489/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An X1.1 flare from Active Region 13936 - December 29, 2024", "description": "Active region 13936 (upper right quadrant) launches an X1.1 flare.", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 14271, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14271/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-01-11T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Sun Emits X1.9 Flare on January 9, 2023", "description": "An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left edge of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171, 131 and 304 angstrom wavelengths.Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO || Jan92023_1849UT_171-131-304_X1pt9.jpg (1034x972) [372.5 KB] || Jan92023_1849UT_171-131-304_X1pt9_searchweb.png (320x180) [106.8 KB] || Jan92023_1849UT_171-131-304_X1pt9_thm.png (80x40) [7.8 KB] || ", "hits": 35 }, { "id": 31361, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31361/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2026-01-09T06:59:59-05:00", "title": "Large Solar Flares Erupt From the Sun", "description": "NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of two solar flares on Nov. 14 and Nov. 30, 2025.", "hits": 556 }, { "id": 5225, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5225/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-03-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "X2.5 flare at Active Region 13576 - February 16, 2024", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Active Region 13576, now carried by solar rotation to the lower right limb of the solar disk, launches an X2.5 class flare. For details of this event, see the Space Weather database entry. Lots of post-flare filament activity on the limb, particularly solar material falling back towards the Sun.For more information on the classification of solar flares, see Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? or X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to all this imagery. || ", "hits": 26 }, { "id": 5498, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5498/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-02-20T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "M8.8 flare from Active Region 13981 - February 3, 2025", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes Active Region 13981 launch an M8.8 flare early February 3, 2025 (a smaller M3.1 fires off near the same location about two hours later). The Earth eclipses the view from SDO as the video ends.", "hits": 36 }, { "id": 5354, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5354/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-09-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "An M7.3 flare from Active Region 13775 - August 3, 2024", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Active Region AR 13775 launches an M7.3 flare on August 3, 2024 and later AR13781 launched an M5.4 flare. For more details, see for M7.3 and for M5.4.For more information on the classification of solar flares, see Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? or X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to all this imagery. || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 14683, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14683/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-10-15T13:30:00-04:00", "title": "NASA, NOAA Announce That the Sun Has Reached the Solar Maximum Period", "description": "In a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), and the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced the Sun has reached its solar maximum period.The solar cycle is the natural cycle of the Sun as it transitions between low and high activity. Roughly every 11 years, at the height of the solar cycle, the Sun’s magnetic poles flip — on Earth, that’d be like the North and South Poles swapping places every decade — and the Sun transitions from sluggish to active and stormy.During the most active part of the cycle, known as solar maximum, the Sun can unleash immense explosions of light, energy, and solar radiation — all of which create conditions known as space weather. Space weather can affect satellites and astronauts in space, as well as communications systems — such as radio and GPS — and power grids on Earth. When the Sun is most active, space weather events become more frequent. Solar activity, such as the storm in May 2024, has led to increased aurora visibility and impacts on satellites and infrastructure in recent months.Listen to the media telecon.Read NASA's article about the news. || ", "hits": 1230 }, { "id": 5351, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5351/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-09-11T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "An M6.0 flare from Active Region 13772 (and an M5.3 from AR 13768) - July 31, 2024", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Active Region AR 13772 continues its launches of M-flares with an M6.0 flare on July 31, 2024. Later (18:05TAI), an M5.3 flare launches from AR13768. For more details, see M 6.0 and M5.3.For more information on the classification of solar flares, see Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? or X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to all this imagery. || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 5355, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5355/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-10-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "An X1.7 flare from Active Region 13765 and some extra energetic activity - August 5, 2024", "description": "Active Region AR 13765 launches an X1.7 flare on August 5, 2024 on the rightmost part of the solar limb. Shortly thereafter, an X1.1 flare launches near the left limb from AR 13780. For more details, see the Space Weather Database entry for X1.7 and X1.1. Towards the end of this visualization, around 18:35 TAI, a bright filament launches near the center of the disk.", "hits": 8 }, { "id": 5486, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5486/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An M8.9 flare from Active Region 13932 - December 23, 2024", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Active region 13932 (in the lower left quadrant) launches an M8.9 flare on December 23. 2024. Some filaments of plasma launch from the site after the flare. For more details, see the Space Weather Database entry.For more information on the classification of solar flares, see Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? or X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to some of this imagery. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 5402, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5402/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-11-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An X2.1 and X1.0 flare from Active Region 13842 - October 7, 2024", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Active region 13842 launches an X2.1, followed less than 30 minutes later by an X1.0 flare on October 7, 2024. For more details, see the Space Weather Database for the X2.1 flare and the X1.0 flare.For more information on the classification of solar flares, see Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? or X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to all this imagery. || ", "hits": 38 }, { "id": 5500, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5500/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-03T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "M7.6 flare from Active Region 13981 - February 6, 2025", "description": "Active Region 13981 (in the upper right quadrant of the disk) launches an M7.6 flare in this view from Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 5501, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5501/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-03T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "M7.5 flare from Active Region 13981 - February 7, 2025", "description": "Active Region 13981 (in the upper right quadrant of the disk) launches an M7.5 flare in this view from Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 5206, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5206/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-02-13T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "X5.0 flare (\"New Years Eve Flare\") at Active Region 13536 - December 31, 2023", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.The Sun, getting more active as it continues towards the peak of Solar Cycle 25, ends 2023 with a bang as Active Region 13536 on the left limb erupts with an X 5.0 flare, the largest observed so far this cycle. Note that this is probably the same active region (just renumbered) which launched an X2.8 flare a couple weeks earlier (X2.8 flare at Active Region 13514 - December 14, 2023), when solar rotation carried this region over the right limb of the Sun. For details of this event, see the Space Weather database entry.For more information on the classification of solar flares, see Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? or X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to all this imagery. || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 5352, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5352/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-09-11T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Multiple M-flares and an Earth Eclipse - August 1, 2024", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Active Region AR 13773 launches an M6.3 flare (right lower quadrant) followed by an Earth eclipse, after which AR 13768 launches an M8.2 flare on August 1, 2024.", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 5488, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5488/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-05T08:02:00-05:00", "title": "An M7.1 flare from Active Region 13936 - December 29, 2024", "description": "Active Region 13936 launches an M7.1 flare in this view from Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).", "hits": 26 }, { "id": 5549, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5549/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-06-25T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "X1.1 flare from Active Region 14098 - May 25, 2025", "description": "X1.1 flare from Active Region 14098 - May 25, 2025", "hits": 43 }, { "id": 5386, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5386/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-10-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "An X1.3 flare from Active Region 13825 - and later an M6.8 - September 12, 2024", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Active Region AR 13825 launches an X1.3 flare on the lower left limb on September 12, 2024. Later, an M6.8 (14:43 TAI) erupts on the right limb. For more details, see the Space Weather Database for X1.3 and M6.8. An additional small filament eruption occurs near the center of the disk about 17:24 TAI.For more information on the classification of solar flares, see Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? or X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to all this imagery. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 5551, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5551/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-09T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "M8.1 flare from Active Region 14100 - May 30, 2025", "description": "Solar active region 14100 launches an M8.1 flare on May 30, 2025.", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 5055, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5055/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2023-01-10T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "A Cluster of M-class solar flares from Active Region 13165", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Here, Active Region 13165 (lower right of solar disk) fires of a cluster of M-class flares over a couple of days in mid-December 2022 (Solar Flares: What does it take to be X-class?). The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to all the imagery on this page. An M6.3 flare erupts followed shortly by a smaller M3.2 flare. || ", "hits": 49 }, { "id": 14593, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14593/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-05-16T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Continuing Strong Solar Flares: May 15-16, 2024", "description": "During the week of May 10 to May 16, 2024, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observed nine X-class solar flares erupting from the Sun, including the largest in this solar cycle to date on May 14 that peaked at X8.7.This video shows these flares using SDO observations in two wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light, 131 angstroms (colorized as teal) and 171 angstroms (colorized as gold).These flares originated primarily from an active region on the Sun called AR 13664. This region, along with another called AR 13663, was responsible for the majority of strong solar flares from May 3 through May 9.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music credit: \"Collab Alert\" by Ellis Kent [PRS] from Universal Production Music || Thumbnail02.jpg (1280x720) [818.1 KB] || 14593_X-ClassFlaresDominateSunInMay_1080_YouTube.mp4 (1920x1080) [221.9 MB] || XClassFlares.en_US.srt [1.4 KB] || XClassFlares.en_US.vtt [1.3 KB] || 14593_X-ClassFlaresDominateSunInMay_4K_Facebook.mp4 (3840x2160) [328.8 MB] || 14593_X-ClassFlaresDominateSunInMay_4K_YouTube.mp4 (3840x2160) [539.4 MB] || 14593_X-ClassFlaresDominateSunInMay_4K_ProRes_.mov (3840x2160) [7.2 GB] || ", "hits": 140 }, { "id": 5494, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5494/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-02-20T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "X1.8 flare from Active Region 13947 - January 4, 2025", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes Active region 13947 launch an X1.8 flare on January 4, 2025.", "hits": 26 }, { "id": 5560, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5560/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-14T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "M8.4 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 15, 2025", "description": "M8.4 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 15, 2025", "hits": 34 }, { "id": 5561, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5561/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-14T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "M6.3 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 16, 2025", "description": "M6.3 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 16, 2025", "hits": 33 }, { "id": 5562, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5562/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-14T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "X1.2 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 17, 2025", "description": "X1.2 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 17, 2025", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 5564, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5564/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-14T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "An X1.9 flare from AR 14114 - June 19, 2025", "description": "An X1.9 flare from AR 14114 on June 19, 2025.", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 5559, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5559/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-10T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "M6.8 flare from Active Region 14105 - June 14, 2025", "description": "M6.8 flare from Active Region 14105 - June 14, 2025", "hits": 44 } ] }