The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on Jan. 5, 2023, peaking at 7:57 p.m. ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which was classified as X-class. bit.ly/3IsPJsW Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however – when intense enough – they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS & communications signals travel. To see how such space weath

Last Solar Flare of 2025 caught on camera with NASA-Recorded Solar Sound #solarflare #sun #solar #space | Space science

On May 14, 2025, the Sun erupted with its most powerful flare of the year—a massive X2.7-class solar flare from active region AR4087. Captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, this explosion of radiation lit up the Sun's eastern limb and triggered temporary radio blackouts across Earth's sunlit side. Although no coronal mass ejection (CME) was directed at us this time, the intensity of the flare—and the cluster of M-class flares that followed —signals a highly volatile sunspot region. As th