Strongest solar flare since 2005 erupts
The sun unleashes its strongest flare this cycle
Yesterday the sun released a huge solar flare, and it's heading toward Earth. It's nothing to worry about since it's nowhere near as large as the Carrington Event of 1859, but it is large enough to give us some amazing aurora.
Strongest solar flare since 2005 erupts: Will it impact Earth?
Thursday’s flare was much smaller, reaching only X9 strength. It was, however, the strongest this year, beating out an X7.1 flare that erupted earlier this week and an X8.7 flare in May ( which Earth dodged ). The latter was considered the strongest since 2005 — a feat seemingly bested by Thursday’s activity.
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Earth is bracing for blackouts after the sun unleashed a massive X-class solar flare — the most powerful it can generate — Tuesday evening.
Sunspot produces one of the most powerful solar flares of current cycle
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The X9.0 flare takes the crown from the previous strongest flare of Solar Cycle 25, which was an X8.7 flare on May 14.
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On Oct. 3, the sun released the most powerful solar flare this solar cycle, a colossal X9.05 eruption — and it's heading for Earth.
Largest solar flare in 7 years erupts toward Earth
The largest solar flare of the current solar cycle exploded Thursday, emanating from a sunspot directly facing Earth. Classified as an X-9, this is the most powerful flare of the cycle to date.
Powerful solar flare is headed towards Earth, Nasa says
The flare comes amid increasing solar activity that has brought a run of intense space weather in recent days and weeks. Only a day before, the Sun had released a slightly less powerful but still strong solar flare,
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