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Over the past weekend, the Sun appears to have completely lost its rather significant flare potential. A total of only nine solar flares occurred on Saturday and Sunday, whereas more than thirty had taken place during the preceding two days—from Thursday through Friday.

As often happens, yesterday's major event left the Sun depleted. Not a single flare has occurred in the last 10 hours, so the predicted quiet weekend may well have arrived.

A beautiful event featuring a beautiful plasma ejection directed away from Earth.

The August record didn't even last four hours—an even more powerful M8.1-class flare has just been detected on the Sun. The new explosion fell just 20% short of reaching X-class intensity.

A second M-class solar flare has occurred within the last 24 hours, marking the strongest event of the month so far. It measured M1.88.

A new active region emerging from the far side of the Sun has noticeably increased the rate of solar flares. Yesterday, 19 such events occurred over the course of the day, including the first M-class flare in many days; this class was last observed on July 30—about three weeks ago.

Geomagnetic conditions remain unsettled due to the influence of a medium-sized coronal hole on Earth. The primary factor affecting Earth's magnetic field is the elevated solar wind speed, which is around 600 km/s (approximately 50% above normal).

About an hour ago, global networks of magnetic observatories detected a planetary-scale geomagnetic storm. The event began between 4:00 and 5:00 a.m. UTC. As of this writing — around 6:00 a.m. — the storm is at the G1 level, meaning it is classified as minor.

In the area of ​​flare activity, the week was quiet, although there was a local spike over the weekend. Over Saturday and Sunday, a total of 17 outbreaks were registered (despite the fact that there were only 9 in the first 5 days of the week). But this morning it no longer looks like this could get any development. There was only one outbreak in the last 10 hours, so the outbreak was most likely local.

Video of the solar eclipse on August 12, 2026. Spain, Teruel. Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory (1,957 meters above sea level).