How solar flare increasing on the sun affects Earth

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February 27, 2024

In this handout photo provided by NASA, a Solar and Heliospheric Observatory image shows Region 486 that unleashed a a solar flare (lower left) from Nov. 18, 2003 on the sun. (NASA via Getty Images)

There has been an increase in the number of large solar flares on the sun in the past week, including the biggest one in six years.

Here & Now's Scott Tong and Kelly Beatty, senior editor of Sky and Telescope, talk about solar flares and how this kind of solar activity affects the Earth.

This segment aired on February 27, 2024.

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