2.7K views · 104 reactions | NASA's solar dynamics observatory captures the sun emitting a strong solar flares According to NASA, these solar flares are intense releases of energy from the sun which can impact "Radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts." Mohammed Saleh tells you more | WION | Facebook

Solar Minimum versus Solar Maximum | NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory FriendsofNASA.org: Our Sun is a 4.5 billion-year-old yellow dwarf star—a hot glowing ball of hydrogen and helium—at the center of our solar system. It is about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) from Earth and our solar system’s only star. The height of the Sun’s activity cycle, known as solar maximum, is a time of greatly increased solar storm activity. Sunspots, eruptions called solar flares, and coronal mass ejectio