Name: Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare, triggers radio blackouts
Uploaded: 2025-02-26T07:17:45+00:00
Duration: 1 min 5 s
Description: On Sunday, February 24, the Sun erupted with a powerful X2.0 solar flare from sunspot AR 4001, located just beyond the sun’s northwestern limb. The flare caused a shortwave radio blackout across parts

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On Sunday, February 24, the Sun erupted with a powerful X2.0 solar flare from sunspot AR 4001, located just beyond the sun’s northwestern limb.

The flare caused a shortwave radio blackout across parts of the Pacific Ocean due to increased UV radiation.

X-class flares are the most intense, with each increase in class representing a tenfold increase in strength.

This flare was rated an R3 “Strong” on NOAA’s Space Weather Scale, but there were no concerns of an Earth-bound coronal mass ejection (CME).

Although the flare did not produce a CME that could impact Earth, sun-watching spacecraft captured dramatic views of the plasma and magnetic field ejection, Space.com has reported.

Forecasters are monitoring the sun for further solar flare activity this week.

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