Solar flare

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921Sun / Physics / Light sources / Coronal mass ejection / Solar flare / Corona / Halo / Solar and Heliospheric Observatory / Flare / Space plasmas / Plasma physics / Space

Solar Storms – fractions and percentages 36 Solar storms come in two varieties: Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are clouds of

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Language: English - Date: 2009-05-08 12:57:20
922Plasma physics / Astronomy / Light sources / Sun / Corona / Solar flare / SN 1987A / Supernova / Speed / Space plasmas / Physics / Astrophysics

8 Name ________________________________ Objects in space move. To figure out how fast they move, astronomers use many different techniques depending on what they are investigating. In this activity, you will measure the

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Language: English - Date: 2007-11-14 10:48:44
923Physics / Astronomy / Coronal mass ejection / Solar flare / Corona / Flare / Solar cycle 24 / Solar energetic particles / Plasma physics / Space plasmas / Astrophysics

Predicting CMEs and Flares Solar flares are violent releases of energy from the sun that last 10 to 20 minutes and produce intense flashes of x-rays. Some of these flares can cause radio interference, and problems with c

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Language: English - Date: 2012-03-30 09:57:32
924Astrophysics / Astronomy / Light sources / Coronal mass ejection / Solar flare / Corona / Sun / Aurora / Space weather / Space plasmas / Plasma physics / Physics

Using Mathematics to Explore Solar Storms 52 The following essay describes solar storms. The words that belong in the missing blanks can be found

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Language: English - Date: 2013-08-19 12:34:32
925Physics / Astronomy / Sunspot / Vortices / Light sources / Solar cycle / Solar flare / Sun / Solar proton event / Plasma physics / Space plasmas / Astrophysics

Name ________________________________ Solar Proton Events can cause satellite damage and produce harmful radiation dosages for astronauts working and traveling in space. The table below lists all the SPEs between 1997 an

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Language: English - Date: 2006-10-18 10:45:24
926Plasma physics / Physics / Light sources / Coronal mass ejection / Space science / Space telescopes / Solar flare / Corona / Solar proton event / Space / Space plasmas / Astronomy

Do Fast CMEs produce intense SPEs? 21 The sun produces two basic kinds of storms; coronal mass ejections (SOHO satellite: top left) and solar flares (SOHO satellite:

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Language: English - Date: 2007-11-20 14:35:24
927Energy conversion / Plasma physics / Space plasmas / Photovoltaics / Space telescopes / Solar cell / Sun / Solar flare / Solar power / Energy / Physics / Technology

Name ________________________________ Soon after the first satellites were placed into orbit, engineers began to notice that the electrial power needed to operate the satellites was slowly declining. Very careful studies

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Language: English - Date: 2006-09-28 16:53:36
928Physics / Astronomy / Light sources / Coronal mass ejection / Sun / Solar flare / Corona / Solar cycle / Flare / Plasma physics / Space plasmas / Astrophysics

Solar Storms: Odds, Fractions and Percentages 27 One of the most basic activities that scientists perform with their data is to look for correlations between different kinds of events or measurements in order to see if

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Language: English - Date: 2012-03-21 11:47:32
929Astronomy / Astrophysics / Sun / Light sources / Magnetism / Corona / Sunspot / Hinode / Solar flare / Physics / Space plasmas / Plasma physics

The Hinode satellite views the sun 34 This image was taken by the XRay Telescope (XRT) on the Hinode solar observatory in

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Language: English - Date: 2007-11-20 15:29:08
930Space plasmas / Astrophysics / Sun / Light sources / Solar telescopes / Corona / TRACE / Solar flare / Solar Dynamics Observatory / Astronomy / Plasma physics / Physics

SDO Reveals Details on the Surface of the Sun 153 On April 21, 2010 NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory released its muchawaited ‘First Light’ images of the Sun. The image above shows a full-disk, multiwavelength, e

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Language: English - Date: 2010-04-22 17:26:56
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