How to Use solar flare in a Sentence

solar flare

noun
  • This new video of a solar flare is simply the icing on the cake.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 10 May 2022
  • By the time the solar flare went off, the spot was facing the direction of Earth.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Space Weather Live says the new solar flare is an X2.2.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The storm then creates solar flares which cause the northern lights to put on a show for us here on earth.
    Lyndsey Matthews, Country Living, 14 Mar. 2018
  • And that’s all without the solar flare reaching the peak of its 11-year cycle.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Counting the tree rings, from the solar flare marker in the wood towards the bark, revealed the pieces of wood were cut in A.D. 1021.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2021
  • This is what happened after the solar flare of Dec. 14.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • And just how much the solar flare output will increase.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Space Weather Live says that the flare was the most powerful solar flare in five years.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 25 Apr. 2022
  • This event will have short talks about the sun, tours of the buildings, and safe viewing of sunspots and solar flares from their 1845 telescope.
    Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 14 June 2019
  • Particles from a solar flare can travel at the speed of light and reach Earth in minutes.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Yesterday, the same spot blew out an M-class solar flare, which clocks in at about one-tenth the power of an X-class flare.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2017
  • The same explosion that launched the CME also caused a medium-strength solar flare, Space.com said.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
  • The effect of a dark matter asteroid is very close to that of a standard solar flare.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2022
  • There will also be safe solar viewing of sunspots and solar flares.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The colorful event is courtesy of a solar flare, which erupted out of a sunspot Monday.
    Doyle Rice, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Falcke says the team will study solar flares, the aurora of Jupiter, and the galaxy's radio emissions.
    Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 16 May 2018
  • The solar flare was the second most powerful eruption from the sun this year, according to Space.com.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The Earth was hit by a massive solar flare in 1859 called the Carrington event, which damaged telegraph systems around the world.
    Dwight Adams, Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2017
  • In the days following the solar flare, the location of the flare disappeared from Earth's view as the sun rotated, Murtagh said.
    Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 July 2021
  • How often solar flares occur is closely tied to the sun’s 11-year cycle.
    Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Every 11 year, the sun emits a large amount of solar flares, which lead to stronger, more frequent Northern Light occurrences.
    Meredith Carey, CNT, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Janelle Monáe went full solar flare in a Vera Wang haute couture vivid orange skirt with a black bustier.
    Maane Khatchatourian, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
  • This might also be a likely time for another big solar flare to strike.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2021
  • But that doesn’t mean that this solar flare is completely harmless.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The storm is due to a significant solar flare that happened on Thursday.
    USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021
  • While the effects of a solar flare—a radio blackout—take just eight minutes to travel from the sun at light speed, the effects of CMEs take a few days to arrive.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • During this time, our star sends out solar flares at its most frequent rate, and solar flares can cause trouble.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2023
  • Did the solar flares cause the nationwide cellphone outage?
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2024
  • On January 6 a powerful solar flare erupted from the surface of the sun.
    Ed Browne, Scientific American, 26 Jan. 2023

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