‘It’s hitting us right in the nose’: Largest solar flare in six years to hit Earth today – and could ‘jolt’ everything from flights and GPS systems to entire power grids

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2111506/Solar-storm-March-2012-Largest-solar-flare-6-years-hit-Earth-today.html ‘X-class’ flare is most powerful kind of solar flare Two years of violent solar storms predicted By Rob Waugh Last updated at 10:55 AM on 8th March 2012 The largest solar flare in six years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and […]

New sunspot group unleashes barrage of huge solar flares as astronomers predict two years of storms which could cause chaos on Earth

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2111506/Sign-things-come-New-group-sunspots-unleashes-huge-solar-flare-years-violent-solar-storms-predicted.html ‘X-class’ flare is most powerful kind of solar flare Two years of violent solar storms predicted By Rob Waugh Last updated at 3:45 PM on 7th March 2012 A powerful new group of sun spots has unleashed a barrage of solar flares – including an X1 class flare, the most powerful kind of solar […]

Solar flare sends particles hurtling towards Earth at 630 miles per second – and it will hit our atmosphere on Saturday

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2089321/Solar-flare-hurtling-Earth-630-miles-second-hit-atmosphere-Saturday.html By Rob Waugh Last updated at 10:02 AM on 20th January 2012 A large, long-lasting solar flare erupted on the surface of the sun on Thursday, and was captured on camera by Nasa’s orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory. The flare was associated with a ‘coronal mass ejection’ – a burst of solar particles – which […]