Fifth Intense Solar X-Flare – What’s Happening On the Sun?

At 20:48 UT on October 29, 2003, the fifth intense solar X-Flare (near sun's center) in a week erupted on the sun, emitting light, x-rays, ultraviolet rays and plasma energies which will impact Earth yet again on October 30. Image courtesy Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).

October 29, 2003 Grenbelt, Maryland - Today at 20:48 UT (4:58 p.m. ET), the fifth intense solar X-Flare (10) in a week erupted on the sun. The massive Jupiter-sized sunspot known as 486 has been the source of two of the most powerful solar flares ever recorded in the X category that indicates most intense sunspot eruptions. The unprecedented series of five X-flares within a week began last Thursday, October 23, 2003, when there was a powerful X-sized solar flare, followed by two weaker X-flares. Then on Tuesday, October 28th, came the third largest solar flare ever recorded - an X 17.2. The strongest known is an X 20. That was followed on Wednesday, October 29th, with an X 10.

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