Sizzling AR3615 Taken by David Wilson on March 29, 2024 @ Inverness, Scotland (Spaceweather.com Realtime Image Gallery)

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: March 29, 2024

X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE AND CME (UPDATED): Yesterday, giant sunspot AR3615 produced another X1-class solar flare. The explosion on March 28th at 2053 UT ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere and caused a deep shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean: map. NOAA forecasters have modeled the trajectory of a CME that emerged from the blast site, and determined that it will not hit Earth. No geomagnetic storms will result from this event.

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