Stunning, Hours-Long Solar Flare Unleashes Plasma Blob
The sun is producing fireworks—letting off a trio of solar flares in just two hours amid a period of high activity that may cause mild consequences on Earth.
Late July 17 and early July 18, the sun let off three of what scientists call M-class flares. (Solar flares are bursts of radiation from the sun and are categorized by their strength. X-class are the most powerful, followed by M-class; C, B and A-class flares are each progressively 10 times weaker.) According to SpaceWeather.com, the third and most powerful flare’s…