A strong flare has occurred on the Sun again

A flare of the penultimate power class (M) has been recorded on the Sun.

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

"On August 8 at 06:53 Moscow time (07:53 Baku time - ed.) in the X-ray range in sunspot group 4168 (N04W43), an M2.8 flare with a duration of 32 minutes was registered," the message says.

In total, nine flares of this magnitude have been recorded in August, with almost all flares occurring in one sunspot group. The strongest of them is M4.4.