A powerful solar eruption (X1.5) occurred this Monday. According to the Institute of Applied Geophysics of the Russian Federation.
“This Monday, March 30th, at 6:19 a.m. (Moscow time), an X1.5 class eruption lasting 49 minutes was recorded in the X-ray range. In sunspot group 4405 (S25E45),” the institute stated.
The latest eruption of this type was recorded on February 4th (X4.2) in sunspot group 4366. Also breaking the 21st-century record for the number of M- and X-class solar flares.
Previously, Sergei Bogachev, head of the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy and Heliophysical Instrumentation at the Department of Space Plasma Physics of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He stated that between five and ten more X-class flares could occur on the Sun by the end of 2026.
Solar flares are divided into five classes based on their X-ray intensity: A, B, C, M, and X. The lowest class, A0.0, corresponds to a radiation intensity of 10 nanowatts per square meter at Earth’s orbit.
With each successive letter, the intensity increases tenfold. Solar eruptions are generally accompanied by ejections of solar plasma. Whose clouds, upon reaching Earth, can cause geomagnetic storms.
With information from Prensa Latina
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