Monster Solar Flare ~ The Strongest in a Decade

At 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 GMT), an X-class solar flare — the most powerful sun-storm category — blasted from a large sunspot on the sun’s surface. That flare was the strongest since 2015, at X2.2, but it was dwarfed just 3 hours later, at 8:02 a.m. EDT (1202 GMT), by an X9.3 flare, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). The last X9 flare occurred in 2006 (coming in at X9.0). – Sarah Lewin, Spacecom, Associate Editor The M-class solar flare that happened on Monday (September 4th) is one-tenth the size of an X-class flare. When the sun’s magnetic field twists up and reconnects, it blasts energy outward, superheating the solar surface which cause solar flares. When an X-class solar flare occurs, it can cause radiation storms in Earth’s upper atmosphere which can cause radio blackouts.

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