{"id":1525351,"date":"2022-06-21T17:34:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T21:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525351"},"modified":"2022-06-21T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T21:34:09","slug":"massive-sunspot-doubles-in-size-sparking-solar-storm-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-sunspot-doubles-in-size-sparking-solar-storm-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Sunspot Doubles In Size, Sparking Solar Storm Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmassive-sunspot-doubles-in-size-sparking-solar-storm-concerns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525351&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A massive sunspot named AR3038 doubled in size over the last 24 hours, sparking concerns about a solar flare alert that may head toward Earth.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SpaceWeather.com reports the sunspot went from \u201cbig\u201d to \u201cenormous\u201d within a day.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sunspots produce radiation waves after forming dark areas on the sun\u2019s surface with strong magnetic fields.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Spaceweather.com also added it has an \u201cunstable beta-gamma magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAnd it is directly facing Earth,\u201d the website says.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">NASA\u2019s Solar Dynamics Observatory video footage confirms AR3038 has evolved while twisting and contorting, techexplorist.com reports.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Although M-class flares \u2014 the second largest out of five solar flares ranked \u2014 can temporarily cause radio blackouts for approximately ten minutes and disrupt GPS signal transmissions, the explosions are not strong enough to cause any physical harm.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">X-class flares can cause more significant disruption on Earth, such as radio communication interference for network and marine or aviation navigation systems.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe explosive heat of a solar flare can\u2019t make it all the way to our globe, but electromagnetic radiation and energetic particles certainly can,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/sunearth\/news\/flare-impacts.html#:~:text=The%20explosive%20heat%20of%20a,be%20off%20by%20many%20yards.\">NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Currently, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Space Weather Prediction Center has not issued any warnings about a solar flare event, but is keeping an eye on its progress.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Like the Richter scale for tracking earthquakes, scientists divide solar flares into five separate letter categories \u2014 A, B, C, M, and X \u2014 ranging from smallest to largest.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Each solar flare sends energy, light, and high-speed particles into space after giant explosions occur.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last month, the\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/news\/r3-strong-flare-955-am-edt-10-may-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Space Weather Prediction Center<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> reported that an \u201cimpulsive\u201d X-class solar flare exploded from the sun sending high-frequency energy and light that likely restricted sunlight on much of the Atlantic Ocean, and portions of eastern North and South America, western Africa, and Europe.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Solar flare activity increases approximately every 11 years, with NASA claiming large and small radiation-filled flares will impact the Earth in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive sunspot named AR3038 doubled in size over the last 24 hours, sparking concerns about a solar flare alert that may head toward Earth. SpaceWeather.com reports the sunspot went from \u201cbig\u201d to \u201cenormous\u201d within a day. Sunspots produce radiation waves after forming dark areas on the sun\u2019s surface with strong magnetic fields. 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