The X9.0 flare takes the crown from the previous strongest flare of Solar Cycle 25, which was an X8.7 flare on May 14.
The Sun emitted the strongest solar flare in seven years Thursday, and space weather forecasters are watching to see what impacts this event has on Earth, including displays of the Northern Lights and implications for the power grid, radio communications and GPS.NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center said the X9.0 flare was seen blasting from the Sun on Thursday morning. An X flare is the most intense, and the number represents its strength.
Before this latest eruption from the Sun, the SWPC had issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch from Thursday through Saturday after an X7.1, the third-strongest of the solar cycle.The SWPC rates solar storms on a five-level scale, with five being the most extreme and rarest space weather conditions. According to the SWPC, coronal mass ejection impacts from the X7.1 flare are forecast to begin arriving beginning Thursday.
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