Another powerful solar flare has occurred on the Sun

A flare of the second-highest power class M was recorded on the Sun on Thursday, February 13.

This was reported by TASS at the Federal State Budgetary Institution of the Institute of Applied Geophysics.

"On February 13 at 14:09 (15:09 Baku time - ed.) an M1.0 flare lasting 8 minutes was registered in the X-ray range in sunspot group 3987 (S06W21)," the message states.

Recall that solar flares are divided into five classes depending on the power of X-ray radiation: A, B, C, M, and X. The minimum class A0.0 corresponds to radiation power of 10 nW per square meter at Earth's orbit. When moving to the next letter, the power increases by 10 times. Flares are typically accompanied by solar plasma ejections, whose clouds, upon reaching Earth, can trigger magnetic storms.