• Bigest Flare Current Cycl

    From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to All on Wed May 15 04:05:00 2024
    The sun just unleashed an X8.7-class solar flare

    Space Weather News for May 14, 2024
    https://spaceweather.com
    https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com

    THE BIGGEST SOLAR FLARE OF THE CURRENT SOLAR CYCLE: Earth-orbiting satellites have just detected the most intense solar flare of the current solar cycle (so far)--an X8.7-category blast from giant sunspot AR3664. Extreme ultraviolet radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere and caused a deep shortwave blackout over the Americas.

    Full story @ Spaceweather.com (https://spaceweather.com) .

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