NASA’s SDO spacecraft captured this picture of a photo voltaic flare, as seen within the brilliant flash at proper, on Might 14, 2024. The picture reveals a subset of maximum ultraviolet gentle that highlights extraordinarily sizzling materials in flares. and it’s coloured in pink and yellow. Credit score: NASA/SDO
NASA and NOAA have reported that the Solar emitted on Tuesday, Might 14 at 16:51 GMT the most important flare of its ongoing photo voltaic cycle. This flare was categorized as class X8.7, being essentially the most highly effective of this photo voltaic cycle. Though as a result of their location, the related CMEs might not have any geomagnetic affect on Earth.
This space the place the photo voltaic flare occurred, lively area 3664, is positioned on the westernmost tip of the Solar, and in keeping with NOAA, as a result of its location it is not going to have an effect on the Earth.
Photo voltaic flares are highly effective bursts of power. They’ll have an effect on radio communications, electrical energy networks, navigation indicators and pose a danger to spacecraft and astronauts.
