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One Giant Sunspot, Six Substantial Flares

By Karen C. Fox | NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Oct 29, 2014 Breaking News, Featured, Science/Education

A giant active region on the sun erupted on Oct. 26, 2014, with its sixth substantial flare since Oct. 19. This flare was classified as an X2-class flare and it peaked at 6:56 a.m. EDT. This is the third X-class flare in 48 hours, erupting from the largest active region seen on the sun in 24 […]

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 […]