The Sun experiences its first M-level flare after a two-week hiatus.

Solar activity continues to increase. Another spectacular, powerful explosion, observed on the left edge of the Sun, appeared in images from space telescopes around 5:00 UT. Judging by simultaneous measurements of X-ray fluxes, the Sun has experienced its first M-class flare in two weeks (the exact classification is M1.65). The last time an event of this class was observed was on April 9.

The event is currently considered neutral for Earth.

The flare was apparently a double flare. With careful observation, a synchronized explosion can be discerned in the bright region on the left, separated from the first by about a million kilometers.

The left region (No. 4420), incidentally, continues to grow quite rapidly, and if this growth continues, it could begin to pose problems for Earth as early as tomorrow. It is only a short distance from the center of the solar disk, where it is currently being moved by the Sun's rotation and from where frontal impacts on the planet are possible.