The sun flare created a momentary radio blackout on Earth, known as R1-Minor Radio Blackout by NASA.
A video of the solar flare from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the flare erupting from the upper right limb of the star as seen by the spacecraft, one of many used to monitor the sun’s weather.
“As quickly as it appeared, the sunspot is already gone,” Spaceweather.com reported on Sunday. “On July 4th it rotated over the sun’s northwestern limb, and will spend the next two weeks transiting the far side of the sun.”
Sun Facts
The sun marks the heart of our solar system. It is over 99% of the mass or over 100 times the diameter of Earth. Researchers estimate about one million Earths could fit inside the sun.
The surface of the sun is on average 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,500 degrees Celsius) hot. But temperatures at the sun’s core reach more than 27 million F (15 million C). This heat is generated by a series of nuclear reactions. According to NASA, it would take 100 billion tons of dynamite exploding continuously to match the energy produced by the sun.
