{"id":21756,"date":"2023-02-02T12:25:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T20:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parabnormalradio.com\/?p=21756"},"modified":"2024-07-22T23:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T06:46:50","slug":"comet-outside-solar-system-approaches-sun-scientists-closer-predicting-solar-flares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parabnormalradio.com\/2023\/02\/02\/comet-outside-solar-system-approaches-sun-scientists-closer-predicting-solar-flares\/","title":{"rendered":"Comet from outside solar system approaches Sun as scientists move closer to predicting solar flares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PARABNORMAL NEWS &#8212; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/comets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comet<\/a>, 96P\/Machholz 1, believed to have come from somewhere outside our solar system is getting closer towards the sun.<\/p>\n<p>The nearly four-mile-wide ball traveling inside the orbit of Mercury is leaving a trail of ice in its wake.<\/p>\n<p>The comet has made its closest pass of the sun since being discovered by David Machholz using a homemade cardboard telescope in 1986. It is currently being monitored by the European Space Agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Space_Science\/SOHO_overview2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar and Heliospheric Observatory<\/a> spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, scientists are closer to predicting coming solar flares thanks to data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar Dynamics Observatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A team at <a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/1538-4357\/ac9c04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northwest Research Associates identified<\/a> signals in the corona that point to which regions on the Sun are more likely to discharge light and particles, potentially leading to a better understanding of what causes solar flares and their impacts.<\/p>\n<p>Just two weeks ago, a large coronal mass ejection that occurred unexpectedly struck Earth&#8217;s magnetosphere.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources: 1) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/machholz1-approaches-sun-sixth-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gigantic &#8216;alien&#8217; comet spotted heading straight for the sun<\/a> | 2) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2023\/sun\/flashes-on-the-sun-could-help-scientists-predict-solar-flares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flashes on the Sun Could Help Scientists Predict Solar Flares<\/a> | 3) <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.hindustantimes.com\/tech\/news\/unexpected-cme-cloud-strikes-earth-solar-storm-set-to-hit-in-just-hours-71674023515918.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unexpected CME cloud STRIKES Earth; Solar storm set to hit in just hours<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comet believed to have come from somewhere outside our solar system is getting closer towards the sun. 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