Five explosions of the penultimate energy type (M) have occurred on the Sun. This is reported on the website of the Institute of Applied Geophysics (FSBI “IPG”).
Five outbreaks have been recorded there:
- At 01:22 in sunspot group 4294 (S17E89) an M5.9 flare occurred that lasted 13 minutes;
- At 03:02, in sunspot group 4294 (S14E89), a 15-minute M1.6 flare was recorded;
- At 07:20, an 8-minute M1.6 bright spot was noted in sunspot group 4294 (S17E89);
- Bright spot M1.1 occurred at 1616 in sunspot group 4294 (S12E89) and lasted 23 minutes;
- and at 7:07 p.m., an M2.9 flare (N20E89) was recorded, lasting 48 minutes.
A solar storm is an explosion on the Sun that occurs when energy in the twisted magnetic field is released outwards. It produces a stream of radiation across every band of the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to X-rays and gamma rays. Depending on the X-ray intensity, the solar flares can be of type A, B, C, M or X. The flares on November 29 are close to the latter type. Such explosions are massive and can jam radio waves across the planet and cause long-lasting magnetic storms.
