Scientific American |
Sun Unleashes Strongest Solar Flare of Past Decade
Scientific American At 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 GMT), an X-class solar flare—the most powerful sun-storm category—blasted from a large sunspot on the sun’s surface. That flare was the strongest since 2015, at X2.2, but it was dwarfed just 3 hours later, at 8:02 a.m. EDT … Storm Warning: Solar Outburst Could Scramble Earth’s Communications Red vs. green: Solar flares could power northern lights above our smoky skies See two intense X-class solar flares light up the sun |