The last event comparable to this occurred in mid-December when the sun emitted an X2-class solar flare. Astronomers deem the latest X5 class, signifying it was several dozen times stronger.

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of ...

MOSCOW, November 1. /TASS/. Scientists have registered a solar flare of the most powerful X-class in the early hours of Friday, Russia’s Fedorov Institute of Applied Geophysics has told TASS.

The sun released over 50 X-class solar flares in 2024! Here we take a look at some of the best. It's been a busy year on the sun, as it officially entered the peak of its roughly 11-year cycle of ...

captured this image of an X5.8 solar flare peaking at 9:23 p.m. EDT on May 10, 2024. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares.

Over the weekend, AR3664, which is around the same size as the Carrington sunspot, spat out another two X-class solar flares, ...

An X-class solar flare erupted on December 29, 2023, sending a burst of solar energy toward Earth that may enhance auroras just in time for New Year celebrations. The flare, classified as X1.1 ...

EST (0315 GMT on Dec. 26). Solar flares are ranked and categorized by their power on a 4-level classification scale, with M-class the second strongest to the beastly X-class at the top.

The sun's most active phase, solar maximum, kicked off in 2024, allowing an unusually high number of powerful X-class flares to explode from our home star. | Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL The number ...