NASA's SDO Captures a February Solar Flare Triple Play - NASA Goddard - heliophysics

Solar flares can disrupt communications and endanger astronauts with cosmic radiation.Cosmic radiation is emitted during solar events,including sunspots,solar flares,coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and proton storms,according to NASA.

Wow! Sun blasts massive X3.4-class solar flare - See it in 4K - heliophysics

The Sun erupted with an X 3.4 - class solar flare on 9 February 2024.The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the flare in multiple wavelengths. Solar flares of this strength can disrupt communications;affect Earth's magnetic field,intensifying auroras;and bombard astronauts with harmful radiation.

X1.1 solar flare! New sunspot makes presence known with major fireworks - heliophysics

The solar flare of 20 June 2023 caused a blackout of shortwave radio over North America.The footage is from the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory.