CONFIRMED: Solar plasma ejection will hit Earth on Friday, November 7
Mathematical modeling and visual inspection confirm the arrival of a large ejection of solar plasma from an M7.4 flare, which occurred today in the middle of the day, around 2:00 PM Moscow time, at Earth on Friday, November 7.
A new, beautiful solar flare is likely to be the first event to impact Earth
It appears the time for "free" viewing of beautiful explosions on the Sun is running out. Active centers, producing spectacular fireworks, have been quietly moving toward the Sun-Earth line all this time, and the first of them, region 4274, appears to have crossed the line today, beyond which viewing fees will begin.
MODEL: Both plasma clouds, including the X-flare ejecta, pass by Earth
Both large plasma ejections, the first observed on November 3, and the second, main one from yesterday's X1.8 flare, are expected to pass by Earth, according to modeling results.
At night, with a pause of less than 5 hours, a second X flare occurred on the Sun
That night, while everyone in the European part of the country and the continent was asleep (though some were probably still awake), instruments recorded a second consecutive X-level solar flare. The interval between the peaks of the first and second events was approximately 4.5 hours. The maximum radiation was recorded at 1:01 AM Moscow time. The previous flare was detected the day before, on November 4, with a peak at 8:34 PM.
VIDEO: A solar flare of the highest magnitude occurred on November 4th
The Sun experienced an X-class flare, observed for the first time after a nearly 5-month hiatus that began in June 2025. The last time a top-level event (X1.9) was recorded was on June 19, 2025.
On this day 22 years ago, the most powerful solar flare of the 21st century occurred
This video, unpresentable by today's standards, taken 22 years ago by the European spacecraft SOHO, shows the most powerful solar flare of the first quarter of this century. The event occurred on November 4, 2003, at 10:53 PM Moscow time.
Solar activity continues to increase, but is still occurring at a safe distance from Earth
The Sun continues to exhibit two large centers of activity emerging onto the side visible from Earth, both of which are returning to the planet again. These groups previously crossed the solar disk in mid-October, after which, due to the Sun's rotation, they moved beyond the right (western) horizon.
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS survived a solar plasma cloud impact and is now observed near the Sun
We are publishing a unique video showing the movement of the object 3I/ATLAS near the Sun. We obtained the video using data from the LASCO/C3 coronagraph, a highly sensitive instrument designed specifically to observe faint objects near the solar disk, precisely where 3I/ATLAS, which arrived from other stars, is currently hiding from observation.
Object 3I/ATLAS may be partially destroyed today by solar plasma impact
Today, this afternoon, according to calculations, the 3I/ATLAS object will be struck by one of the largest plasma clouds in Solar Cycle 25 (https://t.me/lpixras/1660), ejected by the Sun toward the comet on the night of October 21-22. There is a high probability that this will be the first such test in the life of a celestial body, with consequences that are not fully understood.
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS will likely remain invisible from Earth until at least mid-November
The interstellar wanderer 3I/ATLAS remains invisible to Earth. In the second half of September, the comet approached the Sun so closely that it was completely obscured by its rays. Currently, the object is projected onto the sky at a minimal distance from the solar disk and is effectively a daytime, rather than a nighttime, object: it is located in the sky near the Sun during daylight hours.