2 consecutive Solar Flare in the Sun impacted from Australia to China

Solar Flare: The activities happening in the Sun are reaching their peak. This is an 11-year period that the Sun is going through. Actually, the North and South poles of the Sun change their position, which takes 11 years to switch again. During this period, flares emerge from the Sun, whose effect is seen even on Earth. Just a few days ago, two huge solar flares emerged from a sunspot area ‘AR3663’ formed in the Sun. They showed an effect even on Earth.

According to Space.com’s report, the first solar explosion occurred on May 2. It was an X-class category flare, which is considered to be the most powerful. Due to this, there was a shortwave radio blackout in many parts of Australia, Japan and China.

Regarding that solar explosion, physicist Keith Strong wrote on the social media platform ‘X’, “X flare! Sunspot area AR3663 has just produced an X1.7 flare. This is the 11th largest flare of the current solar cycle. He said that the flare lasted for about 25 minutes in total.

The second solar flare erupted on May 3, which was a flare of the M class category. Because the focus of the sunspot was towards the Earth at the time of the explosion, it caused a short wave radio blackout on our planet.

What are Solar Flares?

When the Sun’s magnetic energy is released, the light and particles emitted create solar flares. Flares are the most powerful explosions in our solar system, releasing as much energy as billions of hydrogen bombs. The energetic particles in them travel at the speed of light.

If the direction of the solar flare is towards the Earth, it can cause geomagnetic disturbances. This can cause short circuits in satellites and affect the power grid. If the effect is severe, it can also endanger astronauts in Earth’s orbit.