Here’s how it works. The sun has just unleashed its most powerful solar flare this cycle, a colossal X-class eruption. The X9.05 solar flare peaked at 8:10 a.m. EDT (1210 GMT), triggering ...

The latest X-class solar flare — the most powerful type the sun can produce — exploded from sunspot AR3842 at around 8 a.m. EDT on Thursday (Oct. 3). The flare had a magnitude of at least X9 ...

The solar flares — given the names X7 and X9 by scientists — are significant, with the X9 flare the strongest one to erupt from the sun in seven years. The radiation emitted from the sun after ...

The most powerful solar flare of this solar cycle so far occurred on October 3, hitting X9.0-class in strength. Today's X9 (R3) flare was prolific, but impulsive (imagery courtesy of jhelioviewer).

(NEXSTAR) — The largest solar flare recorded since 2017 erupted Thursday ... Thursday’s flare was much smaller, reaching only X9 strength. It was, however, the strongest this year, beating ...

While the Sun frequently produces these bursts of energy, flares of this magnitude are uncommon. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X9.0 solar flare – as seen in the ...

Solar physicists classify this flare as an X9. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. So, an X9 is a powerful flare. Solar flares ...

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. . | Credit: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams ...