The Sun experienced two powerful flares in one day
Over the past 24 hours, Russian astronomers have recorded two powerful solar flares.
The details were shared by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of IKI and ISTP.
On Sunday, December 8, the first outbreak was recorded at 01:15 Moscow time, TASS reports.
The burst was classified as M3.2 and lasted thirteen minutes.
The second flare occurred at 12:06. It was even stronger. This flare was assigned the class X2.3.
In addition, experts recorded almost thirty outbreaks of medium C between December 7 and 8.
M and X are considered the strongest in strength. C is in the middle, and A and B are classified as weak.
When a solar flare occurs, solar plasma is ejected into space.
These particles form a cloud that travels astronomical distances at enormous speed.
If it reaches Earth, a magnetic storm occurs. These are usually the aftermath of X-class flares.
