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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The disruption, linked to solar flares, hit especially hard in Asia, where the single-aisle A320 family anchors short-haul networks.
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Victor Loh, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2025
Such activity, also known as space weather events, can include eruptions of high-energy light called solar flares, as well as coronal mass ejections, which are giant blobs of solar plasma and magnetic field blasted into space.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025
They're often associated with solar flares — intense blasts of radiation — and occur near sunspots, which are areas of strong magnetic fields on the solar surface.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
The aurora occurs when charged particles from solar flares interact with molecules in the earth’s magnetosphere, creating bursts of light.
—Connor Greene, Time, 13 Nov. 2025
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Victor Loh, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2025
Such activity, also known as space weather events, can include eruptions of high-energy light called solar flares, as well as coronal mass ejections, which are giant blobs of solar plasma and magnetic field blasted into space.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025
They're often associated with solar flares — intense blasts of radiation — and occur near sunspots, which are areas of strong magnetic fields on the solar surface.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
The aurora occurs when charged particles from solar flares interact with molecules in the earth’s magnetosphere, creating bursts of light.
—Connor Greene, Time, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Solar flare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20flare. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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