A class M flare occurred on the Sun

A solar flare of the second-highest power class was recorded on the Sun on September 23.

As reported by BAKU.WS, this was announced to a TASS correspondent by the Institute of Applied Geophysics (FSBI "IPG").

"On September 23 at 13:34 Moscow time (14:34 Baku time), an M1.0 (S03W24) flare with a duration of 26 minutes was registered in the X-ray range," according to the official statement from the institute.

According to information from the solar astronomy laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, slightly increased flare activity with moderate risks of impact on Earth was forecasted for September 23.

Solar flares are classified by X-ray emission power into five categories: A, B, C, M, and X. The minimum class A0.0 corresponds to radiation power at Earth's orbit of just 10 nanowatts per square meter. When transitioning to the next category, the intensity increases by a factor of 10. Notably, such flares can be accompanied by ejections of solar plasma, clouds of which, upon reaching our planet, can cause magnetic storms.