solar flare
noun
: a sudden temporary outburst of energy from a small area of the sun's surface
called also flare
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In March 2024, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover imaged visible-light auroras for the first time during a major solar flare and coronal mass ejection.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Further solar flares from these sunspot groups will remain visible to Earth for another week.
—Ryan French, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Around the time of this flip, solar activity gradually ramps up, causing more solar eruptions like solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Key Background Solar events like solar flares and coronal mass ejections are largely responsible for producing the northern lights.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Further solar flares from these sunspot groups will remain visible to Earth for another week.
—Ryan French, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Around the time of this flip, solar activity gradually ramps up, causing more solar eruptions like solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Key Background Solar events like solar flares and coronal mass ejections are largely responsible for producing the northern lights.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Solar flare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20flare. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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