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Sun Erupts with Triple Solar Flares After Weeks of Silence

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After three weeks of calm, the Sun roared back to life on Aug. 3–4, 2025, unleashing three moderate M-class solar flares in just 24 hours. These midday flares – including a 2.9-M flare on Aug. 3 and two more (M2.0 and M1.4) on Aug. 4, all erupted from sunspot region AR 4168. While not as intense…

NASA’s Parker Probe Sends Closest-Ever Images from Inside the Sun’s Corona

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The Parker Solar Probe has truly achieved a historic milestone in solar exploration. In July 2025, NASA released the closest-ever images of the Sun, taken just 3.8 million miles from its surface. On Dec. 24, 2024, Parker flew 3.8 million miles from the Sun’s surface, entering the outer corona. During this pass, Parker’s Wide-Field Imager…