More on a Flare of a Spotless Sun

Solar Flare, CME and Tsunami Generated by a “Blank Sun”

Posted: 27 Apr 2008 10:20 PM CDT

Even during solar minimum, the Sun can be surprisingly dynamic. We are currently observing a sunspot-less solar disk, but on Saturday the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) observed a noteworthy X-ray flare. It was a B3.8 flare, producing a coronal mass ejection (CME), sending vast quantities of hot plasma into interplanetary space. Admittedly, it is [...] Astroengine

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