It’s #SunDay! Here’s your space weather report for the week of April 24 - 30:
• 2 X-class flares
• 14 M-class flares
• 18 coronal mass ejections
• 0 geomagnetic storms
This video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows the week’s solar activity. Two X-class flares erupt on the right side of the disk at the beginning of the week. On April 29, a few spacecraft calibration maneuvers make it look like the Sun is dancing.
Find out more about flares & coronal mass ejections: science.nasa.gov/sun/solar-storms-and-flares/