A Week of Rapid-Fire Solar Flares

From May 3 through May 9, 2024, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory observed 82 notable solar flares. The flares came mainly from two active regions on the Sun called AR 13663 and AR 13664. This video highlights all flares classified at M5 or higher with nine categorized as X-class solar flares.
A solar flare is an intense burst of radiation, or light, on the Sun. Flares are our solar system’s most powerful explosive events. Light only takes about 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to Earth, so that’s how long it would take the energy from a flare to reach our planet.
Solar flares are rated into different classes based on their strength, or energy output, and the effect a flare will have on Earth depends on what class it is (B, C, M, and X classes, with X being the most intense). Earth’s atmosphere absorbs most of the Sun’s intense radiation, so flares are not directly harmful to humans on the ground. However, the radiation from a flare can be harmful to astronauts outside of Earth’s atmosphere, and it can affect the technology we rely on.
Stronger solar flares - those rated class M5 or above - can have impacts on technology that depends on Earth’s ionosphere (our electrically charged upper atmosphere), like high-frequency radio used for navigation and GPS.
To see how such space weather may affect Earth, please visit NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center spaceweather.gov/, the U.S. government’s official source for space weather forecasts, watches, warnings, and alerts. NASA works as a research arm of the nation’s space weather effort. NASA observes the Sun and our space environment constantly with a fleet of spacecraft that study everything from the Sun’s activity to the solar atmosphere, and to the particles and magnetic fields in the space surrounding Earth.
Music Credit: “Halos” from the album Burning Clouds. Written and produced by Lars Leonhard. ultimae.bandcamp.com/track/halos
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Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Producer: Beth Anthony (eMITS)
Writer: Abbey A. Interrante (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Writer: Joy Ng (National Institutes of Aerospace)
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[@MaxBentum]

And another X3.98 this morning.

[@protozvezda]

And there was another one, X5.89, just a few hours ago, 2024/05/11 01:23 UTC

[@MrRomanGladiator2503]

It's entering maximum activity this year. hopefully Carrington will not repeat itself... right, Nasa?

[@trisimix]

it would probably be okay

[@MrRomanGladiator2503]

@@trisimix Yep

[@yldrmcs]

no one knows

[@jimsagubigula7337]

Statistically speaking we will be OK, but those things are impossible to predict.

[@user-my9rx1gc5f]

Спокойствие, только спокойствие!
У нашего создателя ,всё под контролем. 😊

[@malaikamillions]

This is how my head feels when I have a bad migraine. I swear there should be visible flashing crackling sparks projecting outwards, just as displayed here. Hmmm, except this looks pretty.

[@kagannasuhbeyoglu]

Our star. It's amazing...
💥💥💥

[@Strikerokk]

Music is awesome 😎

[@Whatfreshhellisthisshit]

Seriously?

[@juan_matus]

y aún no llega al máximo de su ciclo ...

[@Titanic-wo6bq]

And now there are several CME's about to hit our planet.

[@LazyOtaku]

Another x5.1 before yesterday ended

[@Delta_Tesseract]

💚🌎💚
Stay safe everyone.
Stay Calm. Stay Rational. Be Prepared. Be of Service to others.

[@yomisma23365]

Amazing skies yesterday night in southern Europe!❤

[@ClixxOfficial-fx8kn]

💙

[@forrisvourvopoulos3252]

Our Star is naughty and hot 🔥 🥵 😂😂😂

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

Has Jor-El been notified of this?

[@Rmm1722]

Wow 😮

[@Felenari]

Epic sky last night in Washington state.

[@thatomofolo452]

❣️♥️❣️💫

[@hoceme1747]

Y ahora otra de X8.79...cada vez va en aumento

[@user-gk4fl2ye3m]

Трек подскажите пожалуйста

[@l3ete1geuse]

What light wave length is this?

[@darylbrown8834]

Ultraviolet.

[@l3ete1geuse]

@@darylbrown8834 Thank you, random citizen!

[@robertlussier2944]

131 AU

[@tonywells6990]

13.1 nanometres.

[@TroyRubert]

Looks upside down

[@darylbrown8834]

Quit doing handstands!😆

[@TheRealSkeletor]

Are you in Australia?

[@caroline9850]

8:44 amazing

[@user-kb8wn9ho8b]

Show planet Earth.. in advance THAHK

[@JamesThebigSHOE]

All you need to know it's all in GODS HANDS NOW. S.O.S.😢😮😅 1:26 .2044.

[@Strikerokk]

My head fckng explodes

[@Strikerokk]

Like a bad headache, hate this feeling

[@dostoevskyrat]

why

[@Strikerokk]

@@dostoevskyrat sun hates me