This one deserves a close up! 📸 Here’s another, multi-wavelength look at today’s

This one deserves a close up! 📸

Here’s another, multi-wavelength look at today’s X8.7-class solar flare, the most powerful of this solar cycle.

The Sun’s activity waxes and wanes over an 11-year period known as the solar cycle. Solar cycle 25 began in December 2019 and is now approaching solar maximum — a period when eruptions like this one become more common.