Extreme Flash of a an X2.4-Class Solar Flare
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 04/24/2026
X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE SHATTERS THE QUIET: The sun has been quiet for weeks. That ended today (April 24th) with a powerful X2.4-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the extreme ultraviolet flash:
SYMPATHETIC SOLAR FLARES: Sympathetic flares have nearby, or homogeneous, GOES classes. The secondary solar flare is just a mirror image of the primary solar flare of the sympathetic flare. Source: Springer Nature Link, Astrophysics and Space Science Article, “Sympathetic solar flare: characteristics and homogeneities,” published 11/11/22
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 12/26/2024
HIGH SOLAR ACTIVITY: The sun is crackling with solar flares. Witness these four M-class events within a 2 1/2 hour period on Dec. 26th:
SPACEWEATHER.COM: APRIL 22, 2024
RAPID-FIRE PLASMA JETS: Sunspot complex AR3638-47 has been in a almost-constant state of eruption for days. This animation from earlier today shows multiple jets of plasma shooting into space in only a few hours:
