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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — as seen in the bright flash toward the upper middle area of the Sun — on May 2, 2024. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in teal. Credit: NASA/SDO’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event.
This flare is classified as an X1.6 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.
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