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Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) are one of the main challenges for the future of human spaceflight — they can fry sensitive spacecraft electronics and pose serious risks to human astronauts — but their onset is extraordinarily hard to predict, in part because we still don’t know exactly where on the Sun they come from. Now, a new study tracing three SEP bursts back to the Sun has provided the first answer: https://go.nasa.gov/2PXuRkF | Space 360

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections: They can generate beautiful aurorae, but those same energetic particles can damage orbiting spacecraft or unprotected astronauts. SunRISE is an upcoming NASA mission aimed at better understanding these solar temper tantrums. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/sunrise/ ☀️ Ready for some Sun science even sooner? The Parker Solar Probe begins its closest flybys of the Sun tomorrow (Dec. 24)! Follow @NASASun for coverage. | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

29K views · 1.1K reactions | MAGNETIC STORMS FROM SOLAR FLARES COULD EFFECT ELECTRICITY GRID #solarflare #nasa #sun #naturaldisasters #fyp #breakingnews #share | Jason M Ashford Jr. | Facebook