A powerful flare occurred on the Sun

Powerful M-class solar flare recorded by scientists on August 3

As reported by TUT.AZ, specialists from the Institute of Applied Geophysics (FSBI "IPG") registered significant activity on the Sun's surface.

"On August 3 at 16:57 Moscow time (17:57 Baku time - ed.) an M2.9 flare lasting 11 minutes was registered in the X-ray range in sunspot group 4168 (N04E23)," the institute reports.

Earlier, the Telegram channel of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences warned about the possibility of M and X class flares on the weekend. This is due to the formation of new active regions on the surface of our star.

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 a radiation power of 10 nanowatts per square meter at Earth's orbit. When transitioning to the next letter, the power increases 10 times. Flares can be accompanied by ejections of solar plasma, the clouds of which, upon reaching Earth, can trigger magnetic storms.