solar flare

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This buildup culminated in the most powerful solar flare of the past twenty years, which erupted on the far side of the Sun on May 20, 2024.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

In addition on Tuesday, the US National Weather Service Space Weather Prediction Center reported seeing a massive solar flare on the Sun - likely the strongest of the current cycle.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

It was a solar flare, starting somewhere deep inside of him and growing into a full-blown emoji.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

In December, the biggest solar flare in years disrupted radio communications.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2024

If a solar flare hadn’t shifted the comet off course a week earlier, we’d be watching Fire Snake harmlessly pass Earth in a few days like it had since the beginning of time.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera