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Recent weeks have seen great activity on the Sun: the largest solar flare ever recorded, the greatest number of sunspots, what next? |
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Coming our way - yet another powerful solar flare
An angry Sun fired off another powerful X-class flare on Tuesday, 10
April. X-class flares are the most powerful classification, and
this flare, rated X-2, was the most recent in a series that included
an X-20 flare, one of the most powerful flares in 25 years.
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Biggest solar flare on record is seen by SOHO
On Monday 2 April at 23:51 Central European Time (21:51 UT) the Sun unleashed a major solar flare near its northwestern (upper right-hand) side. Originally classified as an X17 flare, it has now been upgraded to X20, and appears to be the biggest flare yet on record.
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Useful links
Current images of the Sun from SOHO
The latest hotshots from SOHO, featuring images of the most recent solar flares, mass ejections and sunspots
Keep up to date with the latest space weather news
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Last update: 17 April 2001 |
