Syllabus Section: Science and Technology (GS Paper III)
Importance:
Why in News?
- Recently, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed that the sun emitted a powerful solar flare, which affected the top of the Earth’s atmosphere, causing a shortwave radio blackout around the Indian Ocean.
- Sunspot AR2929 has been erupted, produced a powerful M5.5-class solar flare.
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