As the Sun approaches the midpoint of its 11-year solar cycle, solar activity, and production increase again.
Since the Sun advances in its cycle, additional solar flares are anticipated, as Earth has recently seen several of them.
Sun Seen Emitting Solar Flare Once Again
Reports citing spaceweather.com mentioned that a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) has just been emitted from the Sun, sending solar debris rushing toward the planet.
As these CMEs approach the globe, a geomagnetic storm warning has also been issued.
After being in an unstable state for the previous few days, sunspot AR3112 burst earlier this week, sending out a powerful M-1 class solar flare.
Sunspots, which may grow and disappear over days or weeks, are described by NASA as black regions on the solar surface containing intense magnetic fields continually fluctuating.
They appear when powerful magnetic fields penetrate the solar surface and permit slight cooling.
Additionally, a solar flare with an X rating may have been unleashed.
According to the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), this solar flare was expected to hit Earth. Still, the data stream was cut off before it could be analyzed entirely.
Solar flares are categorized according to their severity using the letters of the alphabet, with "A" being the least intense and "X" is the most hazardous.
