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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Here comes the sun! The region just behind the southeast limb is starting to show itself via loops high in the corona. What will it bring?🧐🤔❓🌎🌞 For more on Sun activity see

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AR3190 is not going out quietly! An M4.7 flare and eruption at 9:37 UTC this morning. The eruption is not Earth-directed. 🌞👏🤩🧐We will see if there is more to come❓🤔 For more on Sun activity see

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Dr. C. Alex Young

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1 year

Another look at this great prominence eruption! 🌞👏🤩🧐 If you look just north, to the left you can see an eruption/wave that launched another small CME. They should be here in a couple days with a possible glancing blow❓🤔 For more on Sun activity see

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@TheSunToday

1 year

🙀Everybody is talking about the polar crown filament! Excitement on the Sun. A solar polar vortex of plasma action!❓🧐🤔Wow!🤩🌞 For more on Sun activity see

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1 year

Watching Comet 96P/Machholz pass perihelion on its journey around the Sun. And a nice CME from a filament eruption to add to the show. 🧐🤔❓🌎🌞 For more on Sun activity see

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

11 months

A fantastic filament eruption from the north pole earlier today🌞🙀Captured with the SUVI 304 angstrom and the SDO 171 angstrom channels. Quite a show but nothing to worry about as it is not heading our way. Enjoy! Find out more about solar activity at 🤔

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

And that's a flare! Another one from the new region just over the NE limb (edge). An M2.4 with a double peak. It caused a radio blackout in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America. It looks like a promising region. 🌞🤩👏❓🤔 More on today's Sun:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

The new region on the northeast limb is almost in view, but it is not waiting to get busy. Lots of flare activity and jets. Pretty exciting, will it live up to expectations when it is numbered on the disk? For more on Sun activity see 🌞🙀👏🤩🧐

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Holy Mackerel!! 🤩🤯This was a huge and fast event from the other side of the Sun. 🌞An extremely fast and rare CME, 3000 km/s, 6.7 Mega mph. As fast if not faster than the fastest CME like the famous Carrington Event.Could be the big one for the cycle but we have to wait! 🧐😎

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

7 months

The annular eclipse of October 14, 2023 from space! The GOES-16 spacecraft—that space-age extension of our human ability to see our star—experienced the October 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse from its perspective in space. More:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Spectacular prominence eruption! 🌞👏🤩🧐 WOW! That was cool, and it produced a beautiful, bright CME. It will probably not hit Earth, but maybe a glancing blow. The sun never ceases to surprise. What's next❓🤔 For more on Sun activity see

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

The Sun has been relatively quiet. No big flaring, but prominences are dancing on the northwest limb (edge). 🧐🤔❓🌎🌞 For more on Sun activity see

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@TheSunToday

1 year

Living with a Star! 🧐🤔❓🌎🌞 For more on Sun activity see with a Star! 🧐🤔❓🌎🌞 For more on Sun activity see

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

2 years

SOLAR DISCO: AR3088 is stayin' alive - blasting out light and matter on its journey around the Sun. It's still providing an amazing show even out of our view. Here is a look at the region over 2.5 days ending with its big M2 blast directed away from us. SDO 171/193/131 🧐🙀🤩😆👋

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

AR3234🌞on its way out, doing it with flare or flares🤪🤩 This region gave many M flares & produced the CMEs that started the geomagnetic field on serious giggling leading to amazing aurora🧐Will it give us some more before it's gone❓Daily activity is at

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Double Double Toil and Trouble🌞👏🤩🧐No X flares yet but things have been getting interesting. Looking at the last 48 hours shows some bubbling active regions and a few filaments flying around. Can't wait to see what's next 🤔For more on Sun activity see

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

10 days

😱 🤔 Holy Moly! Could we have a superstorm? It is a bit too early, but a key measure of a geomagnetic storm's strength is Dst, disturbance storm index. A current Dst from Japan is less than -300 nT (nano Telsa). More negative, the stronger the storm. Superstorm starts at -250

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

🌞💥An X flare in an M flare's clothing! A region just over the southeast limb (edge) erupted with an M9.6 and a plasma surge 🧐Since it was partially blocked the flare was almost certainly an X. SDO 304, 171, 193, and 131-angstrom wavelengths. More at 🤔

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Pow! Things are looking up on the Sun. Flaring has picked up, especially from AR3213 toward the west (right). Several M flares including an M6.4. Waiting for some more bangs.🧐🤔❓🌎🌞 For more on Sun activity see

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

2 years

Holy Moly that is big! Look at the size compared to Earth. Blows my mind!! This eruption is huge and it is not even close to the biggest one we have seen in the space age. WOW! #big #wow 🌞🙀‼️🤯🤩‼️

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

🌞💥Some excitement on both the northwest and southwest limb. The south gave us the almost X. The north just gave us an almost M, C9.6. 😎Maybe next we'll get an almost X10 (X9.6). More info at 🤔

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

10 days

😱 It's official! 🤩 🥳 The current storm reached G5 (extreme) level. Kp reached 9 and Dst has surpassed the superstorm level (-250 nT). We are at Dst -348 nT. This is one for the record books and it is not over yet. What is coming next? 🫣 😮 #spaceweather #aurora #superstorm

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

3 months

🌞 😱 🤩 X FLARE!!! An X3.4 from departed region AR3575. Given that it is over the limb the flare is much larger. There was a clear eruption with a coronal wave suggesting a very fast CME to the west. Waiting for more imagery. 😮 🤩 🤔 MORE at EarthSky:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Coming a year from today! 4.8.023🌞🌑🌍A total solar eclipse with totality in the US, Mexico, and Canada. It has a wider path & almost double totality time on the center line. Also covers far more populated areas and cities. It should be a great show! 👏

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

A wave 👋 from an M5 flare. 🌞AR3256 on the west limb (edge) gave us a nice coronal wave. The location means any CME will not be Earth-directed. 🤔👀Watch the loops wiggle as the wave moves out in all directions. Super cool! 😎 Keep up with activity at

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞 😱 Sun activity for November 10, 2023: Coronal mass ejection (CME) coming straight to us! 😮 😅On Nov 9 at 11:15 UTC, we saw the eruption of a solar filament (a long rope of magnetic fields and solar material). The CME is coming. Aurora! 🤔 MORE at

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Small flare fun! 🌞👏🤩🧐An M1.8 at 23:16 UTC, Jan. 17, from AR3190. The region has lost some potential for flaring but still has some gas in the tank. It looks like a small filament eruption that failed. 🤔 For more on Sun activity see

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@TheSunToday

1 year

An M1.6 flare came from AR3194, the region just southwest of the big one, AR3190, at 16:39 UTC on January 22, 2023. 🌞👏🤩🧐 Waitin on the Sun. Waitin!🤔 For more on Sun activity see

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞 🤩 🧐 😱 The sun releases an almost-X flare, an M9.8. This has an associated eruption, so maybe a blob is heading our way. Perhaps more aurora soon. 🤔 😎 More at

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7 months

🌞Sun activity: Nov 4, 2023🤩is the 20th anniversary of the largest solar flare of the space age. Between 10/19-11/5, 2003, some of the largest space weather events ever seen 🎃called the Halloween Storms. Nov. 4 saw a solar flare off the chart ~X40😱 MORE

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Kaboom!! X1.2 flare from AR3182. An X flare means there is a good chance for more large flares over the next several hours or so. 🌞🤩🙀👏You can see the eruption building and the glow of some very hot post-flare loops. Super cool!! Super hot!!

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞Sun news Dec 3, 2023: Giant coronal hole spraying Earth; more auroras expected! 😱📰 Giant coronal hole spewing out lots of fast solar wind has rotated into position for that stream of solar stuff to blast Earth’s magnetic field 🧐MORE at EarthSky:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Super cool! 🤯👏Another look at the X2.2 flare from today. 🌞💥This is a combination of the SDO 171 and 304 angstrom channels. Watch the wiggling of the magnetic loops as the wave passes. 😎 🧐🤔

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

AR3176 fired off two M flares yesterday, an M1.4 and an M3.7. Here is a look with SDO 131 sitting over the sunspots and GOES x-ray flux. Keep them coming AR3167. 🌞🤩👏❓🤔 More on today's Sun:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

2 years

Hoo Boy! What an amazing eruption! Material ejected during a C8.5 flare on July 9 from SW solar limb. Looking at it in 3 different wavelengths from SDO, 304, 171, and 193 angstroms. Showing us material from ~100,000 degrees F to ~2 million degrees F. 🌞🤔🧐🤩🤯 #solarstorm

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

11 months

A little bit of fun on the Sun in the last 48 hours. 🌞🥳💥A few M flares and some nice filament eruptions. The image is SDO 171 negative and 193 with EIT 195 color table focusing on the active regions. 😎🧐 Find out more about solar activity at 📷🤔

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

5 months

📰 🤩 😱 👏 Wow! Another look at the largest X flare of the cycle so far. An X5 from AR3536. A look at SDO 131 and 304, 171, 193, and 131. What a show! 😮 😎

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

10 days

Where's a good site to find out about aurora sightings? @TweetAurora Aurorasaurus! 🦕 real-time sightings posted by tweets. Look at the map of Europe right now! WOW! Can't wait to see North America after dark!

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

AR3182 gave us an M1.6 flare at 00:40 UTC on Jan. 7, 20223. Here is a look with the 131, 171, 193, and 304 angstrom SDO wavelengths. For more on Sun activity see 🌞👏🤩🧐

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

2 years

Spectacular Prominence Eruption! Wait for it - BOOM - Captured by GOES-SUVI in 304 angstroms. The image is a negative. 🌞🤩😆👏 The sun doesn't disappoint. more about today at:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞 Sun activity for Dec 4, 2023: Waiting on the solar wind! Aurora watchers, get ready. The solar wind stream is on its way.👏 🥳 😱The giant coronal hole continues to spew out lots of fast solar wind toward Earth. 🧐 MORE at

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

2 months

🌞🤩🫣😱We just hit G4 (Kp=8).That is the level for a severe storm. The first images show the estimated auroral oval. Let's hope for some spectacular aurora. If only I were a bit farther north. 😜 Find out more about general daily activity at EarthSky:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

2 years

WOW! There it goes - that's huge. What a cool eruption captured with GOES/SUVI. A negative color table is used. The blast happened at the end of 9/24 into 9/25. 🌞👏🤔🤩 Find out more about today at

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

10 months

It's an X! 💥X1.6 from AR3386 at 22:45 UTC on August 5. 🤩👏🥳 It created an R3 radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean. The region appears to have some more left - wonder what is next. 🤔🧐 More at

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Kappow!🌞💥AR3234 is at it again. It's almost gone around the limb but it shot off an M5 flare then another CME. 🤯👏Not toward us but off to the side. Similar to the last time with a wave as material blasts out-wiggling loops-maybe there is more to come 🧐

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Woah! That is huge! There are lots of excellent views of this big event with coronagraphs on the interwebs. Zooming in on the solar limb gives a more sense of its size. Lots of material/loop/wave movement. Flare is bigger because Sun blocks it. 🧐🤯🙀🌞

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

10 days

😱The posts about auroras are amazing. I've seen posts from S. Florida and Chile! WOW. Clouds in MD 😭 maybe more tomorrow. I need to go to bed but with the second-largest flare of cycle 25! X5.8. Check out the wave—that's the 10th CME possibly headed to us. MORE AURORA!?!🤞

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Happy New Year from the Sun! 00:00 UTC 🌞🥳🤩👏

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

5 months

Like a phoenix rising!

Jorge Álvarez

@JAL495588

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¡Feliz Navidad! 😘🌞🥰😊🧐

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@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞Sun activity November 8, 2023 😮After the geomagnetic storms and beautiful auroral displays of the past few days, the sun seems to be having a moment of calm. But wait! 😱A violent eruption occurred! beautiful prominence on the northwest limb MORE at

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@TheSunToday

2 months

🌞📰Sun news March 10, 2024: Spectacular eruption today 🤩😱The sun is at it again. Another prominence, even more spectacular than yesterday, occurred around 22 UTC on March 9 off the northeastern limb from the far side of the sun. 🧐 MORE at Earthsky:

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@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞Sun activity Nov 11, 2023: Flares increasing. CME arrives tonight 👀🤩Turning eyes to Earth, after the full halo event yesterday that hurled a coronal mass ejection into space, we expect arrival and possible auroras late today to early Sunday. MORE at

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5 months

KABOOM! X4+ Biggest flare of the cycke is under way!! New region we have been waiting on AR3536 😱🤩🥳 Happy New Years! 🥳🎉

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@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞Sun activity for Nov 21, 2023: Aurora from Earth is blowin’ in the wind 🙀Today’s top news: Auroras and more tonight! 😮Fast solar wind is now buffeting Earth & conditions for more auroras should continue during the day/tonight. 🧐MORE at EarthSky:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

2 months

X FLARE!!! 🌞 🤩 😱 AR3615 lived up to its magnetic complexity, spitting out an X1.1. There was a nearly simultaneous flare due to a filament eruption near AR3614 with a CME & dimming. Fun with the sun!!👏 😎 MORE at EarthSky:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

2 years

AR3098 is getting a bit more interesting. Still just C flares but it has grown in size and magnetic complexity. Some other eruptions but will it keep it up and get more interesting? Let's wait and see ... 🧐🌞🤔💥

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Groovy! 🌞🤩🤪Spectacular filament eruption/post flare loops as the eruption dragged magnetic field away from the Sun then it reconnected (reconfigured)🙀This is SDO 171 and 304 angstroms wavelengths but with the 171 color table in negative.More activity @

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞 Sun activity for November 29, 2023: An almost X-flare sends a blob of sun our way 📰 Today’s top news: Bam! The sun almost reached X flare levels with an M9.8, sending a coronal mass ejection (CME) straight toward Earth. 🧐 MORE at EarthSky:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

10 months

🧐🤩Get the 411 on solar maximum because it is on its way and maybe sooner than many thought. 🙀🌞The sun is just getting started. 🥳 🤔

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

3 months

🤩 😱 Another look at today's flares and filament eruption. A bit of creative license changing the colors around. Enjoy! #spaceweather #solarmax

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

It keeps on tickin'. AR3213 continues the fireworks with more M flares! Will it keep up the show❓🧐🤔🤩🌞 For more on Sun activity see

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

1 year

Flurry of Filament! 🌞🤩They are coming from all directions - huge ropes of solar material and magnetic field - most 10s of Earths diameters in length - flying off into space! Wow! More sun activity at 🧐🤔

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

3 months

🌞 📰 🤩 😱 X flares! AR3590 is busy today. First, it released an X1.9 at 22:52 UTC on February 21. Then came an X1.7 at 6:17 UTC on February 22. So far it appears no CMEs. We are waiting to see if the region has more in store. MORE at EarthSky:

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@TheSunToday

5 months

🌞 🤩 😱 🥳 BAM to the 4th!!! AR3415 is flaring like crazy! Dec. 14 and 15, 2023, saw some serious flare action, an M5.8, X2.8, M6.3, and M6.9. 🤔 🧐 🫣 More sun news at EarthSky:

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@TheSunToday

9 years

Wonderland arctic circle aurora, Kola Peninsula, Russia-Luba Trifonova shared at http://t.co/SIk5goKhYW http://t.co/AdrEjaLyZH

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1 year

An exciting 24 hours! Lots of regions with potential, 3 M flares including an eruption with a CME and a G1 storm overnight. 🌞🙀👏🤩🧐Could it be another week of X flares?! Aurora?! Inquiring minds! 🤔For more on Sun activity see

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞Sun news for Nov 28, 2023: More sun-stuff headed toward Earth 📰The sun is at it again.A significant burp occurred in the northeast around 18:24, and then another one occurred to the northeast of the first one around 22:23 on Nov 27 🧐MORE at EarthSky:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

3 years

Bam! Now that is what I am talking about!! X1 flare from AR12887 peaking around 15:35 UTC. Flare gave us an R3 radio blackout. Loss of radio contact for about an hour on sunlit side of Earth.

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@TheSunToday

1 year

Polka dot Sun! Lots of sunspots but not as much potential after a weeks of M flares & an X. This is another sign of Solar Maximum. We will continue to see more periods of action and more action in those periods. 🌞🤩What's next❓🤔For more on Sun activity

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@TheSunToday

1 month

Sun news for Apr 19, 2024: Humongous prominence! The sun let out a big burp of solar plasma that dwarfed the planet Earth! Flaring on the sun continues at moderate levels. STEREO-A H1 saw comet 12P have its tail pulled away by a CME. MORE at EarthSky:

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@TheSunToday

1 year

FLARE! 🌞💥The region next to AR3234, sunspot region AR3243, has now taken the charge from its neighbor and popped off an M5 solar flare. 👏The eruption was impulsive. It does not appear that the event launched a CME. Waited for the next one! 🧐🤔

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@TheSunToday

7 months

🌞🤔 Sun activity for October 25, 2023. Are new regions ending the solar lull? 👏The end of the recent solar lull could be in sight! 🤩😎 We’ve observed large coronal loops on the sun’s eastern limb (edge). 🧐 So is the lull ending? Stay tuned! MORE at

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@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞 Sun activity for November 23, 2023: M flare outshone by a volley of eruptions 🥳 Today’s top news: Three fast filament eruptions from the northeast completely outclass moderate sun activity due to an M1.5 flare. 🧐 MORE at EarthSky:

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@TheSunToday

1 year

BAM!!! X2 flare is underway from AR3184. It peaked at 18:50 UTC on January 9. It caused an R3 (out of 5) radio blackout over the Pacific. Waiting to see if there was a CME. For more on Sun activity see 🌞🙀👏🤩🧐

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5 months

🌞 Sun news for December 29, 2023: Huge prominence eruption 📰 😱 Today’s top news: The sun released a huge prominence eruption around the time of this writing at about 8:30 UTC on December 30. 🧐 MORE at EarthSky:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞 👀 Sun activity for Nov 14, 2023. A solar jet blasting sun-stuff into space 🤩🌎We saw beautiful active filaments all over the Earth-facing sun. 😱And early this morning, we saw the solar jet extending from the sun’s outer atmosphere. 🤔🧐 MORE at

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@TheSunToday

7 months

🌞 😱 🤩 The sleeper has awakened! Maybe? A spectacular filament eruption off the northeast limb was captured by SDO in 4 wavelengths. It looks like another filament may also erupt. I am waiting for more data. Will have to wait for the morning. 🥱 😴

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10 days

🤩 😱 👏 Europe is lit up like an Aurora Explosion! We are seeing sustained Kp of 8+ in Germany & aurora cams are going crazy. WOW! "The likes of which ..." Pick your favorite movie line to describe it. 💥 🎉 😜 And this doesn't include New Zealand 😱 #aurora #spaceweather

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11 days

🌞 📰 Sun news for May 10, 2024: Severe solar storm to bring auroras! 🫣 😱 🤩 Strong to severe geomagnetic activity is anticipated starting later today into tomorrow. Chances for auroral displays to mid and low latitudes! 🧐 MORE at EarthSky:

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@TheSunToday

2 years

Note the "S shape" in yesterday's filament eruption. Called a sigmoid - first clearly reported in the 90s with Yohkoh. signature of strongly built-up magnetic energy in the corona - a sign of strong flaring potential and CME eruptions. A nice example from Hinode/XRT. 🌞🐍

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2 months

🌞📰Sun news Mar 9, 2024: Fantastical prominence eruption 😃🤩😱A huge prominence erupted off the SE limb, hurling solar plasma into space. At its largest, while it was still connected to the sun it measured at least 600,000 km long MORE at EarthSky:

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@TheSunToday

6 months

🌞🌈📷Sun activity for November 13, 2023 Auroras last night, and a photobomb 🌕Earth’s moon just photobombed our cameras aimed at the sun. 🫣😜The great burp of solar material that gave Earth a glancing blow yesterday—set off a fine aurora 🤔🧐MORE at

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7 months

Sun activity for October 19, 2023: 🌞🤩👏 Today's excitement came in the form of a beautiful filament eruption from the farside, off the NW limb.🧐 It produced a classic lightbulb-shaped coronal mass ejection visible in the SOHO coronagraphs. 🚀 MORE at

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🌞 📰 Sun news for Feb 26, 2024 🤩 😱 😎 AR3590 is now the largest sunspot region of solar cycle 25, 9.5 times Earth's surface area. Will the region release more large flares with a CME? 🧐 🤔 MORE at EarthSky:

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Spectacular eruption with the X1 flare! 👏🤩💥🌞

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🌞 📰 Sun news for May 8, 2024: X and M flares all day long 🫣 🤩 😱 Sun activity is very high today with the production of 2 X flares and multiple M flares. Two active sunspot regions are the culprits: AR3663 and AR3664 🧐 MORE at EarthSky:

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Fantastic! Check out the Xflare with a nice eruption in SUVI 304 angstrom! Explosive! That should make a nice CME 😁🌞💥

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

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That is mesmerizing! Fantastic video! Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work! 🤯🤩🌞

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I spent 3 hours yesterday with my solar telescope pointed at a tall tornado-y looking thing on the sun. This 14-Earths-tall swirling column of plasma was raining moon-sized gobs of incandescent material on the sun. I can't imagine a more hellish place.

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The #MercuryTransit has begun. This is just before the planet reached the solar disk. We are about 7 minutes into the 5 1/2+ hour transit. This is a shot from SDO. @NASASun @NASAGoddard @NASAUniverse

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A trio of eruptions with GOES SUVI in 304 with a little SDO 171 sprinkled in - all in negative colors. One ... Two ... wait for it ... Three. Happy #SunDay ! 🤩👏🌞🥳

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🌞👏Filaments abound captured by SUVI 304.😎 After a week of much flaring we got a nice show of erupting filaments all around the limb. 👀Nothing more coming our way but we await two CMEs tomorrow.🧐Find out more at

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🌞Sun activity for October 13, 2023, saw a spectacular prominence eruption😱🤩A long filament channel exploded early in the day yesterday 🤔The blast produced a spectacular prominence, a long rope of solar material, and magnetic fields🧐 MORE at:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

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🌞 🤩 📰 Sun news for February 25, 2024: AR3590 in prime position to light up the skies 😱 Mega-sunspot region, AR3590, is in a prime position to light up the polar skies. 🧐 MORE at EarthSky:

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

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WOAH!! 🙀🌞An X2.2 flare then watch the wave and material leaving the eruption - And Presto! It's a CME! 💥🤩It came from departing region AR3234 that gave us the almost X. Captured by SDO the SOHO. Does it have anything left 🧐❓Check out daily updates at

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And here is the video for the time period with those wascally CMEs. 🐰🥕😂🌞😎

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Dr. C. Alex Young

@TheSunToday

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🌞 🤔 🤩 A look at the coronagraph data from today's X1.1 flare. Can see what looks like a shock from a coronal mass ejection. Waiting for more data 🧐

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We have G2 storm! It’s getting hot in here 😁 … Will we get to a G3? 🤔 Bring on the aurora! 🤩

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Fast solar wind sparked a geomagnetic storm with resulting aurora yesterday. There may be more to come today with lots more beautiful auroral displays! Photo by Markus Varik,12/23/2022, Tromsø Norway via More on the Sun at 🙀👏🥳🤩

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And we have LIFTOFF! A filament 100s of thousands of kms long blasted away and a CME is on its way. Could have a minor impact in a few days!? Aurora watchers, clear skies!🌞🤔✨🤩🤞🏻

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🌞📰🤩Sun news for Feb 10, 2024: The sun wakes up with an X flare, 3 Ms! 😮👏What a day! Action we anticipated from the southeast is visible from an incoming active region, producing an M flare. The event released a beautiful eruption 🧐MORE at EarthSky:

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