solar flare
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How to use solar flare in a sentence
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.
Jupiter’s intense auroras superheat its upper atmosphere | Sid Perkins | August 16, 2021 | Science NewsHe 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.
Massive Flare Seen Close to Our Solar System: What It Means for Chances of Alien Neighbors | R. O. Parke Loyd | May 5, 2021 | Singularity HubIt also modeled what the speeds would be of sodium atoms bumped off the moon by the solar wind and or by solar flares.
Scientists discover likely source of the moon’s faint yellow tail | Sid Perkins | May 3, 2021 | Science News For StudentsSo the images should have been able to detect any link between the tail’s brightness and changes in the solar wind or solar flares.
Scientists discover likely source of the moon’s faint yellow tail | Sid Perkins | May 3, 2021 | Science News For Students
Both are the result of magnetic activity on the sun, but a solar flare has more energy than a CME.
The Sun Is Pummeling Earth. Now What? Solar Storms for Dummies | Lizzie Crocker | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 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.
A ‘Wicked’ Decade: How a Critically Trashed Musical Became a Long-Running Smash | Kevin Fallon | October 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShould a solar flare vibrate the interstellar plasma in the next few years, the tone would be higher still.
Voyager Is Sending Us the Sounds of Interstellar Space | Josh Dzieza | September 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf cheery people are seen as a ray of sunshine, then consider Kristin Chenoweth a blinding solar flare.
Kristin Chenoweth on Her Darker Role in ‘Family Weekend’ | Kevin Fallon | March 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat makes you so sure that means there's a solar flare coming?
Where I Wasn't Going | Walt Richmond
British Dictionary definitions for solar flare
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 to: flare See also solar wind
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for solar flare
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. See also prominence.
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