Solar+Flares


 * Solar Flare**

Editor: Heather Eakin Spring 2011 A solar flare is a sudden eruption of magnetic energy released on or near the surface of the sun, usually associated with sunspots and accompanied by bursts of electromagnetic radiation and particles. Ultraviolet and x-ray radiation from solar flares often induce electromagnetic disturbances in the earth's atmosphere.



The NASA solar flare theory educational web page provides a thorough explanation of solar flares, while also providing key words with definitions regarding solar flares. This website provides information regarding magnetic energy, the stages of a solar flare and the layers. I found this website fairly basic, yet the most helpful because it had a lot of information and great links to other solar flare topics. Last revised: Aug 2007.
 * Audience: ** Educators, Teens and Adults
 * Web Author ** :[|__Gordon Holman__] & Sarah Benedict
 * Website: ** [[ [] | Solar Flare Theory]]

This NASA space weather web page explains the impact that solar flares have on human activity. It discusses the different energy particles and radiation dangerous to living organisms, and also solar storms that can occur due to solar flares. Last revised: Aug 2007.
 * Audience: ** Educators, Teens and Adults
 * Web Author ** :[|__Gordon Holman__] & Sarah Benedict
 * Website: [[ ** [] | Solar Flares & Weather]]

The link above is a NASA science news article on a solar flare surprise. It describes what NASA scientist’s thought would happen after a massive flare exploded. An X1 is considered a big event, but this specific blast registered X9, making it one of the strongest flares of the past 30 years. I thought this article was very interesting and full of great valuable information. I think this article can be for anyone doing research or learning about solar flares. Last revised: Dec 2008
 * Audience: ** Researchers, Educators, Teens and Adults
 * Web Author: ** Dr. Tony Phillips
 * Website: ** [[ [] | Solar Flare Surprise]]

This NASA science news article discusses what effect solar flares have on the moon and how it is different from the earth. In 2005 a blast sparked an X-class solar flare, the most powerful kind, and hurled a billion-ton cloud of electrified gas (coronal mass ejection) into space. Solar protons accelerated to nearly light speed by the time the explosion reached the Earth-Moon system minutes after the flare. It was the beginning of a "proton storm." Last Revised: Jan 2005
 * Audience: ** Researchers, Educators, Teens and Adults
 * Web Author: ** NASA
 * Website: ** [[ [] | Solar Flares & the Moon]]

I really like this website because it gives a good explanation of what a solar flare is and the site also gives links to actual X-Ray Flux Measured by GOES Satellite. Anyone who visits the site can read the live chart and decide if there have been any solar flares that day. Last revised: Daily.
 * Audience: ** Educators, Teens and Adults
 * Web Author: ** Exploratorium Space Weather Research Explorer
 * Website: ** [[[]| Solar Flares Info & Data Chart]]