
M7-Class Solar Flare, CME, and Peak Day for Quadrantid Meteor Shower
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 01/01/2026
STRONG SOLAR FLARE AND CME: A CME is heading for Earth following today’s M7-class solar flare from sunspot 4324. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the explosion’s extreme ultraviolet flash at 13:50 UTC:

