A particularly large new X3.9-class flare occurred on the Sun, as reported on May 10 on the website of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
This outbreak was the fourth strongest in the last 25 years and, in connection with it, magnetic storms are possible on May 12 and 13 on Earth.
The flare is located in the southwestern part of the solar disk, in the same active region as the previous events. The preliminary potency assessment by scientists is no less than X3.9.
Solar flares are divided into five classes according to the power of the X-ray radiation: A, B, C, M and X.
On May 9, three powerful X-class flares and nine M-class flares occurred on the Sun.
Previously, scientists reported that the increasing frequency of flares and the increase in their power indicate a gradual approach of the Sun to the peak of activity, which, presumably, could occur as early as mid-2024, although, according to some forecasts, this could move until 2025.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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