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  • Extreme south of Chile on red alert due to flash floods

    Sunday rains and flash floods in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile have left an estimated 800 people homeless forcing the city to close schools while the local chapter of the National Emergency office, Onemi, raised the alarm level from orange (moderate) to red

  • Lovejoy’s brother – Bright comet dives into radiation storm

    Another bright comet is diving into the sun. It was discovered just last week by SOHO’s SWAN instrument, so it has been named “Comet SWAN.” The comet’s death plunge ( or “swan dive”) comes just as the sun has unleashed a strong flare and radiation storm around

  • Strong solar flare reaching M7.9 peaked on March 13 2012

    Sunspot 1429 unleashed another M-class solar flare around 17:41 UTC. A strong flare reaching M7.9 produced an R2 Radio Blackout on the sunlit side of the Earth. Type II Radio Emission with a velocity of 1366 km/s was detected. Type II emissions occur in

  • Prominence eruption and CME impact – March 12, 2012

    A spectacular Filament Eruption (Prominence) ripped off the lower southeast quadrant of the Sun today and large Coronal Mass Ejection followed but is not heading for the earth. Video by: Solarwatcher.netFilaments are large regions that contain very dense, cool