A solar emission from active zone 3576, following a previous X3.3 flare, marks a rare occurrence of repeated high-powered eruptions within a solar cycle.
A powerful solar flare of the highest magnitude class X occurred on the Sun on Friday at 12:52 pm GMT.
The Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Science reported the event on its website.
“The event is classified as X2.6, which means it is the fourth strongest event in the last five years, according to the catalogs…The likelihood of the outbreak impacting Earth is currently assessed as extremely low,” the lab’s statement read.
