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solar flare

noun

, Astronomy.


solar flare

noun

  1. a brief powerful eruption of particles and intense electromagnetic radiation from the sun's surface, associated with sunspots and causing disturbances to radio communication on earth Sometimes shortened toflare See also solar wind
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solar flare

  1. A sudden eruption of hydrogen gas in the chromosphere of the Sun, usually associated with sunspots. Solar flares may last between several hours and several days, and have temperatures ranging from 20 to 100 million degrees K. The energy of a solar flare, which consists primarily of charged particles and x-rays, is comparable to tens of millions of hydrogen bombs, but is less than one-tenth the total energy emitted by the Sun every second. First observed in 1859, solar flares dramatically affect the Sun's weather and the solar wind, and are correlated with the appearance of auroras on the Earth.
  2. See also prominence


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Origin of solar flare1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

One of the nights the team observed Jupiter — January 25, 2017 — was particularly well-timed because Jupiter was experiencing a strong solar flare at the time.

He wasn’t actually suggesting that the Earth’s orbit be shifted but, instead, suggesting that, since climate change is a function of those orbits and solar flares, altering the orbit would be what those agencies need to do to combat climate change.

In 2018, my colleague Meredith MacGregor discovered flashes of light coming from Proxima Centauri that looked very different from solar flares.

It also modeled what the speeds would be of sodium atoms bumped off the moon by the solar wind and or by solar flares.

So the images should have been able to detect any link between the tail’s brightness and changes in the solar wind or solar flares.

Both are the result of magnetic activity on the sun, but a solar flare has more energy than a CME.

In 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington observed a strong solar flare that was directed at the Earth.

As Glinda, Chenoweth scorched the stage like a solar flare of comedic energy.

Should a solar flare vibrate the interstellar plasma in the next few years, the tone would be higher still.

If cheery people are seen as a ray of sunshine, then consider Kristin Chenoweth a blinding solar flare.

What makes you so sure that means there's a solar flare coming?

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