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Disturbance on the Sun
A solar storm is a disturbance on the
Sun, which can emanate outward across the
heliosphere, affecting the entire
Solar System, including
Earth and its
magnetosphere, and is the cause of
space weather in the short-term with long-term patterns comprising
space climate.
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Types
Solar storms include:
See also
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List of solar storms
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Aurora, a luminous phenomenon induced by ionization and excitation of constituents of a planet's upper atmosphere
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Heliophysics, the scientific study of the Sun and region of space affected by the Sun
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Magnetic cloud, a transient disturbance in the solar wind
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Solar cycle, an 11-year cycle of sunspot activity
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Solar prominence, a plasma and magnetic structure in the Sun's corona
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Solar wind, the stream of particles and plasma emanating from the Sun
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Active region, where most solar flares and coronal mass ejections originate
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