New Solar Model Successfully Predicted Seven of the Sun’s Last Nine Big Flares

New Solar Model Successfully Predicted Seven of the Sun’s Last Nine Big Flares
By Nancy Atkinson

Since it launched in 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory has helped scientists understand how the Sun’s magnetic field is generated and structured, and what causes solar flares. One of the main goals of the mission was to be able to create forecasts for predicting activity on the Sun.    Using mission data from the past …

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August 6, 2020 at 08:36PM
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