Predicting solar flares, however, isnt as simple as forecasting a sunny day.
Indeed, predicting solar flares is crucial for protecting both people and technology from the Suns volatile outbursts.
A reliable early warning system would thus be a welcome tool for mitigating the dangers of space weather.
Coronal loops in mid-January 2012. The image was taken in extreme ultraviolet light.© NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory
What Would Happen If a Massive Solar Storm Hit Earth?
The results are really important for understanding flares and may improve our ability to predict dangerous space weather.
Scientists have been trying to predict solar flares for decades.
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A Double Sunblast Could Mean Auroras Over the U.S.
