Scientists Amati Semburan Sun With NASA Technology

JAKARTA Predicting the appearance of solar flares is not an easy thing to do. For decades, NASA scientists tried to predict the phenomenon accurately, but the results were in vain.

However, this problem began to be resolved since the Solar Dynamics Observatory was launched. Scientists can now know when the Sun's energy explosion emerged by identifying a circle that flickered in the atmosphere of the Sun or commonly known as the corona.

When the corona is seen flickering, this activity will be considered a sign of warning so that NASA and other stakeholders can make decisions. They need to protect astronauts or technologies that are operating in space.

Last year, a group of scientists observed a corona loop near 50 solar flares that were considered strong. They analyzed its brightness in extreme ultraviolet light that varied about hours before the solar flare occurred.

"We found that some extreme ultraviolet light above active areas flickered erraticly for hours before the solar flare," said Emily Mason's Head of Research. "The result is very important to understand solar flares."

Meanwhile, another group of researchers from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Ohio has different methods of analysis. They searched for periods of 'chaotic' behavior in coronal circle emissions to find out how powerful the solar-generated bursts were.

Whatever method is used, predicting the arrival of the strongest solar energy explosion is very important for humans. From the findings produced, it hopes that scientists can help keep astronauts, spacecraft, and power grids from harmful radiation.