On the Sun on September 8 at 11 o'clock Moscow time, a new strongest flare occurred. This is the third powerful explosion in the past three days, which has been assigned the highest activity class - X. This was reported on Friday, September 8, by RIA Novosti with reference to the Physics Institute of the Academy of Sciences (FIAN).
Scientists report that a magnetic storm is occurring on Earth, the strength of which reaches four points on a five-point scale, which exceeds the predicted values. In Canada, which is currently on the night side of the Earth, there are strong auroras.
A series of solar flares began on September 4. First, there were five faint bursts of M-class energy, followed by an explosion on the Sun's surface on September 6, which turned out to be the largest in the past 12 years. On September 7, a second powerful outbreak occurred and was classified as Class X.
The most powerful flares observed on the Sun throw enormous energy into the surrounding space. In a few minutes, about a hundred billion megatons in TNT equivalent go into outer space. This is about a fifth of the energy emitted by the Sun in one second, and all the energy that a person will produce in a million years (assuming it is produced at a modern rate).