No, you didn't see a solar flare during the total eclipse — but you may have seen something just as special

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Several media outlets have incorrectly claimed that explosive solar flares were spotted during the April 8 total solar eclipse. But there were no flares during totality, so what did people see?

No, you didn't see a solar flare during the total eclipse — but you may have seen something just as special : Read more

 

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The commentator on the official NASA broadcast referred to the features as "space weather" during the lead-in to totality in Mazatlán so the misinformation came from a "reliable" source.