Sun's biggest outburst this cycle is sending solar storms to Earth and Mars
Sun's biggest outburst this cycle is sending solar storms to Earth and Mars A class M3.9 flare erupting from the Sun and caught by SOHO at 19:20 UTC on 7 May, 2021. Solar radiation from the flare is making its way to Mars. Image: NASA/SDO Space weather experts are predicting that two violent eruptions of solar radiation blasted out from the sun 9 May, are heading to Earth and Mars in what is being called the largest solar flare of Solar Cycle 25 yet. The Earth-bound eruption has been classed as weak compared to its Mars-directed counterpart but could result in an aurora at high latitudes on ...