Solar flare classes follow a logarithmic scale, with each flare class — C, M and X — 10 times stronger than the previous one. Solar flares can also unleash giant clouds of plasma known as ...

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

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

Solar flares are giant explosions that occur in a localized regions of the sun's atmosphere, typically originating from sunspots.

Solar flares are classified on a 4-class scale ... M-class flares, and then by C-class and the bottom class, B. Each letter that represents the class also is accompanied by a number, which ...

Solar flares are divided into five classes according to their X-ray strength: the smallest ones are A-class, followed by B, C, M and X. A0.0 class is equal to the radiation energy found in the ...

Solar flares are divided into five classes according to their X-ray strength: the smallest ones are A-class, followed by B, C, M and X. A0.0 class is equal to the radiation energy found in the ...

Solar flares occur when the sun's intense magnetic ... stronger than an M-class flare and 100 times more intense than a C-class flare. "A flurry of activity occurred the weekend of 28–29 ...

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 ...

the sun unleashed the most powerful solar flare of the current solar cycle yet. The X-class flare — the most powerful type the sun is capable of producing — reached a magnitude of X9 ...

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 ...