Sunspot AR3738 blasted an X1.2-class solar flare. See views of the eruption from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, ...
As August 2024 set another 20-year high for sunspot numbers on the sun, recent solar flares have yet to top two solar flares from September 2017. One of these flares, which took place seven years ago ...