Impulsive Flare + Powerful Solar Eruption on Far Side of Sun - We Dodged a Bullet

Solar activity reached higher levels on Sunday due to an impulsive M7.4 solar flare produced by AR 3599 at 12:13 UTC (Mar 10). Updated coronagraph imagery shows that no coronal mass ejection (CME) was produced. Sunspot AR3599 has a beta-gamma-delta-class magnetic field and poses a threat for X-class solar flares. Powerful Solar Eruption on Far Side of Sun A massive eruption of solar material, known as a coronal mass ejection or CME, was detected escaping from the sun at 22:36 UTC on March 9, 2024. A huge magnetic filament erupted from the farside of the sun on March 9. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured only a fragment of the 500,000 km-wide blast. Debris from the explosion blasted from the sun in the form of a CME. A very fast and violent CME was captured by the SOHO C2/C3 coronagraphs. The CME will not hit Earth. Instead, later today, it will slam into Mercury. We dodged a bullet! Thanks for watching! #solareruption #CME #solarflare Images credit: AIA/SDO, SOHO/LASCO C2/C3, nemesis maturity channel, Music credit: YouTube Audio Library Final Girl - Jeremy Blake