What. A. Day! The third strongest solar flare of the solar cycle occurred a few hours ago! Unfortunately there wasn’t much of a CME and nothing major is forecasted to hit Earth (if at all). The region responsible for this activity, AR 4366, remains active and may produce another large flare soon! The sunspot group is moving to a more earth-directed position in the next few days. While the CME today was not directed towards Earth, future flares may launch CME that have a stronger Earth-directed c

😯👉On February 4, the Sun unleashed an intense X4.2 solar flare, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Solar flares in the X-class category are the most powerful type, releasing enormous bursts of energy and radiation into space. This flare reached its peak at 7:13 a.m. Eastern Time and was carefully observed by researchers who track solar activity. Even though the radiation from flares like this cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to harm people on the ground, these eruptions can s