Karen Cox | NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Sun Emits Three X-class Flares in Two Days

By Karen Cox | NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Jun 13, 2014 Science/Education

On June 11, 2014, the sun erupted with its third X-class flare in two days. The flare was classified as an X1.0 and it peaked at 5:06 a.m. EDT. Images of the flare were captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. All three flares originated from an active region on the sun that recently rotated into […]

Active Region on the Sun Emits Another Flare

By Karen Cox | NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Oct 23, 2012 Science/Education

The sun emitted a significant solar flare on Oct. 22, 2012, peaking at 11:17 p.m. EDT. The flare came from an active region on the left side of the sun that has been numbered AR 1598, which has already been the source of a number of weaker flares. This flare was classified as an X1.8-class […]