{"id":83519,"date":"2026-08-31T18:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=83519"},"modified":"2026-08-31T18:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:04:39","slug":"aditya-l1-solar-flare-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/31-08-2026\/aditya-l1-solar-flare-findings","title":{"rendered":"Aditya-L1: Indian Solar Mission&#8217;s New Findings\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Space&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Researchers from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, ISRO, Department of Space and other institutions have used <strong>Aditya-L1\u2019s data for studying solar flares.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aditya-L1&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aditya-L1 spacecraft is launched from Satish Dhavan Space Center (SDCS), Shriharikota onboard <strong>PSLV-C57 with PSLV-XL configuration in 2023.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is the first space-based observatory-class Indian solar mission to <strong>study the Sun.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is placed in a <strong>halo orbit around the Lagrangian point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system<\/strong>, which is about 1.5 million km from the Earth.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the <strong>Sun without any occultation\/eclipse.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"4e4e4d\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-271.png\" alt=\"Aditya-L1\u00a0\" class=\"has-transparency wp-image-83521\" style=\"--dominant-color: #4e4e4d; aspect-ratio:1.0608795643401099;width:365px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-271.png 976w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-271-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-271-768x724.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Solar Flares<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Solar flares are sudden and intense bursts of <strong>electromagnetic radiation from the Sun.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is understood to result from the release of magnetic energy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solar flares often accompany solar magnetic storms called <strong>coronal mass ejections (CME).\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solar flares become more frequent around <strong>every 11 years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"5a2e11\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-270.png\" alt=\"solar flares\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-83520\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5a2e11; aspect-ratio:1.152386872735847;width:429px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-270.png 900w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-270-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-270-768x666.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Types&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are five categories, listed here in order from most intense to least intense:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>X-class flares<\/strong>\u00a0 are the biggest and they are major events that can trigger radio blackouts around the whole world and long-lasting radiation storms in the upper atmosphere.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>M-class flares<\/strong> are medium-sized and they generally cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth&#8217;s polar regions.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minor radiation storms sometimes follow an M-class flare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C-class flares<\/strong> are small with few noticeable consequences here on Earth.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0At its peak, a C-class flare is ten times less powerful than an M-class flare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>B-class flares <\/strong>are ten times smaller or weaker than C-class flares.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A-class flares<\/strong> are at least ten times less intense than B-class flares, with no noticeable consequences on Earth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Aditya-L1 Observes Solar Flares?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aditya-L1, located at the Sun-Earth L1 point, allows uninterrupted views of solar activity at different wavelengths.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Its Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) payload studies the Sun in 11 near-ultraviolet (NUV) filters, exploring layers from the top photosphere to the chromosphere.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solar Low Energy X-ray Spectrometer (SoLEXS) and the High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) monitor X-ray emissions from intense processes in the solar corona.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Combined, NUV and X-ray measurements enable scientists to understand how activity in the lower solar atmosphere is tied to energy release in the corona during the build-up of solar flares.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Impacts&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The findings suggest that repeated small-scale energy releases may gradually destabilise magnetic fields, triggering major flares.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It improves understanding of solar-flare formation and\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It could contribute to more reliable flare and space-weather forecasting, helping protect satellites, astronauts, communication systems and other critical technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source :<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/new-study-captures-suns-early-warning-signs-before-solar-flares\/article71407804.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong> In News\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> Researchers from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, ISRO, Department of Space and other institutions have used Aditya-L1\u2019s data for studying solar flares. <\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong> Aditya-L1\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> Aditya-L1 spacecraft is launched from Satish Dhavan Space Center (SDCS), Shriharikota onboard PSLV-C57 with PSLV-XL configuration in 2023. <\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> It is the first space-based observatory-class Indian solar mission to study the Sun.\u00a0 <\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/31-08-2026\/aditya-l1-solar-flare-findings\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm 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