When is the next solar flare? Scientists may now know how to predict it - study
Researchers using NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory may have found small flashes in the Sun's corona that could signal an impending solar flare.
On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun's atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space (Illustrative for solar flares).(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF