The activity of the Sun can be measured in 11-year cycles, and since the beginning of observations, our central star is already at the twenty-fifth such cycle. Currently, the Sun is at the maximum of its cycle, which means that during this period the most and strongest eruptions from the celestial body can be expected. Now it appears that by far the strongest eruption of the twenty-fifth cycle to date has occurred recently.
The current event was produced by the sunspot with code AR 3842, which is facing Earth. The eruption occurred on October 3 Hungarian time,
it started at eight minutes after two in the afternoon on Thursday and lasted for 19 minutes.
According to the measurements, its strength is X9, which also involved crown ejection. Particles leaving the Sun are currently speeding through the Solar System at a speed of 850-950 kilometers per second, writes the The Watchers.
The sunspot code AR 3842 recently produced another strong eruption, an X7.1 event took place on October 1. According to the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the particles that started with the current coronal ejection may reach the Earth on Friday night or early Saturday.
Source: magyarnemzet.hu
