The sun is not quite done with 2024. Early Sunday (Dec. 29), the sun fired off a class X1.1 solar flare, one of the most powerful types of solar explosions possible, in what may be its last major ...

Sunspot AR3869 erupted with an X3.3-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks. Footage ...

2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's outermost layers. If confirmed, the findings could help scientists better predict ...

In 2024, the sun launched over 50 X-class solar flares — the most powerful type of solar flare — at Earth. The video above shows observations from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Atmospheric ...

In the final hours of Christmas Day, the sun fired off four solar flares within less than three hours. The biggest flare of the series, recorded at a M7.3, erupted from sunspot region AR3938 on Dec.

After several quiet weeks for the sun, Dec. 8 saw an X-class solar flare erupt. Displays of auroras could be possible in its wake.

In 2024, the sun launched over 50 X-class solar flares — the most powerful type of solar flare — at Earth. Solar flares are categorized by the level of X-rays they produce in a specific wavelength ...

X9.0 solar flare: Largest of 2024 Powerful X-class solar flares recorded Intense solar storms spark auroras worldwide ...

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