Sun Releases 3 Strong X-class Solar Flares in Succession | NOAA GOES Satellite
The Sun, shown in blue, against a black background. In several areas on the Sun, small flashes appear sporadically. On the right, multiple bright flashes burst from one area.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Solar Ultraviolet Imager captured these images of the solar flares—seen as the bright flashes on the right side of the Sun–on Dec. 29, 2024. The images show a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares. This is colorized in blue.
Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts.
The first flare is classified as an X1.1 flare. The second flare is classified as an X1.5 flare, and the third is classified as an X1.1 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.
To see how such space weather may affect Earth, please visit NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center https://spaceweather.gov/, the U.S. government’s official source for space weather forecasts, watches, warnings, and alerts.
NASA works as a research arm of the nation’s space weather effort. NASA observes the Sun and our space environment constantly with a fleet of spacecraft that study everything from the Sun’s activity to the solar atmosphere, and to the particles and magnetic fields in the space surrounding Earth.
Caption Credit: Abbey Interrante
Release Date: Dec. 30, 2024
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