X2.8! Sun blasts most powerful flare since 2017, spacecraft sees it

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an solar flare and a pair of m-flares that preceded it in multiple wavelengths on Dec. 14, 2023. It was the biggest flare since an X9.3 flare in Sept. 2017. Full Story: Credit: | footage courtesy: NASA / SDO | edited by Steve Spaleta ()