The Sun Just Did Something Nobody Expected and It Kept Going For 19 Days
Researchers used four spacecraft to trace the burst to a helmet streamer fed by three coronal mass ejections.
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NASA Detects Bizarre Solar Radio Burst That Wouldn’t Stop
The Sun unleashed a bizarre radio signal that kept broadcasting for 19 straight days, leaving NASA scientists stunned. A radio burst detected from the Sun in August 2025 initially appeared to be a normal solar event to NASA scientists. These bursts, which are caused by energetic particles interacting with the Sun’s magnetic fields, usually last [...]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported that when scientists first observed a particular radio burst coming from the Sun in August 2025, there was nothing unusual. But then that discharge continued.
The Sun Just Did Something Nobody Expected and it Kept Going For 19 Days
In August 2025, a NASA spacecraft detected a solar radio burst that refused to stop lasting 19 days, nearly four times longer than any previously recorded. A team of researchers used data from four spacecraft spread across the inner Solar System to track the event and pinpoint its source to a magnetic structure called a helmet streamer, likely supercharged by a series of powerful solar eruptions.
Mysterious GPS interference, navigation app glitches, or sudden cell phone outages could soon become commonplace, and the reason lies deep in space. Scientists at the US space agency (NASA) are anxiously monitoring an unusual and unprecedentedly powerful radio signal emitted by the sun. Instead of erupting and fading within minutes as is usually the case, the current signal refuses to calm down and has been transmitting radiation and energy dire…
An unprecedented solar flare was recorded, lasting 19 days, almost four times longer than the previous record. The event, which began in August 2025, was monitored by a collaboration of several space missions. Description of the solar event: The phenomenon began with a type IV radio burst, characterized by the release of radio waves when electrons become trapped in the Sun's magnetic fields. Although these events are common and usually last only…
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