Sunspot 3912 erupted with an X2-class solar flare.NOAA's GOES-R satellite captures footage of the blast in multiple ...

A blazing X2.7-class solar flare erupted from sunspot AR4087 early Tuesday, hurling a scorching wave of plasma and charged particles straight at Earth. NASA/SDO.

In May 2024, the largest solar flare since 2017 was detected, ranking at an X-8.7 magnitude. Then in 2025, a flare May 13 was classified as an X-1.2 , and another the next day was listed as an X-2.7 .

Solar flares measured around X1 — like the May 13 and 14 events — indicate strong flare intensity. An X10 flare is described as as a severe event, according to NOAA.

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Strongest solar flare of 2025 erupts from sun, sparking radio blackouts across Europe, Asia and the Middle East (video) Sunspot crackling with magnetic 'bombs' is now turning toward Earth (photo) ...

A high-magnitude solar flare erupted from a new sunspot on the sun’s surface, which caused a disruption of radio signals across Earth’s Eastern Hemisphere on Tuesday. Classified as an X2.7 ...

The agency’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which launched in 2010, snapped a jaw-dropping image of the event, showing the X-class flare as a fiery tendril bursting from the sun.

Powerful X-class solar flare erupts from sun, knocking out radio signals across the Pacific (video) X2.7-class eruption from sunspot AR4087 on May 14, 2025.

A high-powered solar flare erupted from the sun last week, causing a major radio blackout in Europe and Asia. The eruption happened at 3:25 a.m., meaning that the sun wasn't in the Texas sky at ...

A solar flare erupting on June 19, causing the radio blackout. NASA / Solar Dynamics Observatory "When a CME arrives at Earth, it can produce some of the biggest geomagnetic storms and thus, some ...

A powerful X2.7 solar flare, the strongest of 2025, could bring northern lights and disrupt radio and satellite signals. Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2025, sparks tech warning ...