The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on Jan. 5, 2023, peaking at 7:57 p.m. ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which was classified as X-class. bit.ly/3IsPJsW Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however – when intense enough – they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS & communications signals travel. To see how such space weath

2023 ended with flare! A strong solar flare – X5.0 – erupted from the Sun just hours before the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31 in North America, dethroning Dec. 14’s X2.8 solar flare as the largest of the year and of Solar Cycle 25. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/41EqcER | NASA Space Alerts