solar flare
noun
: a sudden temporary outburst of energy from a small area of the sun's surface
called also flare
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This culminated in the ejection of the strongest solar flare of the past 20 years on May 20, 2024.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 5 Jan. 2026
Triggered by a slew of solar flares, the storms disrupted satellites, power grids, and GPS and cast the northern lights as far south as Florida.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2026
The project is envisioned as an all-in-one display astronauts could access on a tablet, allowing crews to monitor space weather events such as solar flares and determine whether protective measures are needed.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Northern light displays occur when a solar flare interacts with the atoms and molecules in Earth's atmosphere.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2025
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 5 Jan. 2026
Triggered by a slew of solar flares, the storms disrupted satellites, power grids, and GPS and cast the northern lights as far south as Florida.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2026
The project is envisioned as an all-in-one display astronauts could access on a tablet, allowing crews to monitor space weather events such as solar flares and determine whether protective measures are needed.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Northern light displays occur when a solar flare interacts with the atoms and molecules in Earth's atmosphere.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2025
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“Solar flare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20flare. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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