Fierce light emanating from the sun for 3 hours after the explosion

Events happening in our Sun arouse interest among scientists. Scientists from all over the world keep an eye on the movements in the Sun. Once again scientists have seen the solar flare. According to reports, the sun shone for a long time after an explosion on Monday, which was captured by two solar aircraft. Its video has also surfaced. During this, solar radiation came out in space for about 3 hours. It was observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) of the US space agency NASA. This observatory has been doing Surya study since 2010.

Space.com has written in its report that this solar flare has been registered as M3.4. This solar explosion is placed in the ‘medium’ class. Although this may have caused a temporary radio blackout in the Asia-Pacific region, it did not happen. Significantly, solar flares are divided into three categories C, M and X. Of these, C category solar flares are the weakest and X category solar flares are considered the most powerful.

LONG-DURATION SOLAR FLARE: Growing sunspot AR3032 exploded on June 13th (0407 UT), producing an M3-class solar flare that lasted more than 3 hours. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the slow-motion blast: pic.twitter.com/vsDvU8CyBe

— TeX (@Tex369X) June 13, 2022

It is said that this solar flare was also associated with a coronal mass ejection (CME). Coronal mass ejections are large clouds of solar plasma. After a solar explosion, these clouds spread into the Sun’s magnetic field in space. Due to their rotation in space, they expand and often they reach a distance of several lakh miles. Sometimes they collide with the magnetic field of the planets. When their direction is towards the Earth, they can cause geomagnetic disturbances. Because of these, short circuits can occur in satellites and power grids can be affected. If their effect is high, they can also put the astronauts in Earth’s orbit at risk.

The two spacecraft that captured this sight were present at different distances from the Sun. Out of these, the spacecraft named SOHO orbits the Sun at Lagrange 1, a gravitationally stable point in space, about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth in the direction of our Sun.

To understand solar flares in simple language, when the Sun’s magnetic energy is released, then solar flares are formed from the light and particles emitted from it. These flares are the most powerful eruptions ever in our solar system. These release energy comparable to billions of hydrogen bombs. The energetic particles present in them travel at the speed of light and also have coronal mass ejection. In recent times, many such incidents have been recorded by scientists. There is nothing surprising in this though. Our Sun has an activity cycle of 11 years, which may reach its peak by the year 2025.