Solar Flares July 2024. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in gold. Of commerce, noaa, space weather prediction center and processed by spaceweatherlive.com.
Could a powerful solar flare wipe out life on earth? The sun’s outbursts, including eruptions known as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, can disturb satellites and communication signals traveling around earth.