Powerful X-class flare spat out a rare 'solar tsunami,' and you can ...
WEBFeb 22, 2023 — The flare triggered a rare type of shockwave known as a solar tsunami that rippled across the sun's visible surface, or photosphere, according to Spaceweather.com.
Moreton wave - Wikipedia
WEBA Moreton wave, Solar Tsunami, or Moreton-Ramsey wave is the chromospheric signature of a large-scale solar corona shock wave. Described as a kind of solar "tsunami", they are generated by solar flares. They are named for American astronomer Gail Moreton, an observer at the Lockheed Solar Observatory in Burbank, and Harry E. Ramsey, an observer ...
Earth hit by radiation from rare 'double' X-class solar flare ...
WEBMar 25, 2024 — —Powerful X-class flare spat out a rare 'solar tsunami,' and you can hear it smashing into Earth — Watch the 1st X-class solar flare of 2024 erupt from the sun in explosive fashion
An Increasingly Active Sun Is Now Producing Solar ‘Tsunamis ... - Forbes
WEBMar 28, 2022 — You read right, the little understood phenomenon of “solar tsunamis” have been rippling across the sun’s atmosphere in recent days. Also known as EIT waves, they’re thought to be a sort of...
Signs of an Unknown Solar 'Tsunami' Have Been Discovered …
WEBJan 28, 2022 — Deep beneath the ice in Greenland and Antarctica, researchers have found signs of an enormous solar 'tsunami' that once crashed against Earth's atmosphere more than 9,000 years ago.
3rd X-class solar flare in 24 hours is the most powerful for 6 years ...
WEBFeb 23, 2024 — A hyperactive sunspot recently unleashed its third X-class flare in under 24 hours. The X6 flare is the most powerful since 2017 and could be followed by equally massive explosions.
Telescope spots solar tsunami - NSO - NSO - National Solar Observatory
WEBThe prototype of a solar telescope recorded a tsunami-like shock wave rolling across the visible face of the Sun after a major flare event.
Sun's Cycles May End in 'Terminators,' Begin in 'Tsunamis' | Space
WEBJul 30, 2019 — As the tsunami of solar plasma reaches the sun's midlatitudes, it encounters the incoming magnetic fields of the next solar cycle, and this collision results in the bright light flickers, the...
‘Terminators’ on the Sun trigger plasma tsunamis and the start …
WEBJul 24, 2019 — This visualization of a computer model simulation shows a solar tsunami, which is initiated at the equator. As the tsunami travels toward the poles it buoys the toroidal magnetic fields (white lines) traveling deeper in the solar interior.
NASA SVS | Super Hot Tsunami
WEBMar 22, 2012 — NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite mapped the evolution of the waves—some stretching across the entire 865,000-mile width of the sun—as they rippled outward from the flare at speeds greater than one million miles per hour.