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Scientists warn Solar Flares are ramping up

Solar Flares

Luke 21:25-26 ““And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.”

Important Takeaways:

  • 6 MASSIVE solar flare eruptions have SHOOK the Earth; Know the solar storm danger
  • February 22, it was reported that a new sunspot has emerged on the Sun and it appears to be extremely unstable. The sunspot AR3234 was first spotted on the Earth-facing side of the Sun on Sunday and ever since, it has been growing continuously. Since Monday, it has caused as many as six M-class solar flares with no indication of stopping. These flares have bombarded the upper atmosphere of the Earth with radiation that has caused continuous radio blackouts for low frequency waves. Above all, there is a fear that in the coming days, there could be a massive solar storm event caused by the sunspot.
  • Such solar storms can potentially damage satellites, break down mobile networks and internet services, cause power grid failures and corrupt sensitive ground-based electronics. But it is too early to say whether this can happen or not. For now, astronomers are closely monitoring the situation around this sunspot.

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Sixth Massive Solar Flare In One Week

A giant sunspot on the sun has erupted for the sixth time in a week.

The sunspot, which is 14 times larger than Earth, has erupted with three flares in the last 48 hours.

‘A giant active region on the sun erupted on Oct. 26, 2014, with its sixth substantial flare since Oct. 19,’ NASA said.  ‘This flare was classified as an X2-class flare and it peaked at 6:56 a.m. EDT.  This is the third X-class flare in 48 hours, erupting from the largest active region seen on the sun in 24 years.”

Christopher Balch of the Space Weather Prediction Center said that the flare had an impact on radio signals that used the upper atmosphere.  A few radio communications systems were completely blacked out by the flare for a short time.

The sun has been in an aggressive time of activity after months of almost silence.

The sunspot, which continues to grow, has been described as “menacing” by astronomy experts.