A second powerful solar flare occurred on the Sun today

A new solar flare of the second-highest power class has been registered on the Sun. It became the second such flare on January 31.

As reported by Baku.ws with reference to TASS, this was announced by the Institute of Applied Geophysics (IAG).

"On January 31 at 17:06 Moscow time (18:06 Baku time - ed.) an M6.7 flare lasting 42 minutes was registered in the X-ray range in sunspot group 3978 (N15E42)," the IAG reports.

Earlier, an M1.0 flare was reported.

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