Sun Blasts X-Flare - Spacecraft's Multiple Wavelength Views | Video

Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 08:30 in Astronomy & Space

An large sunspot (AR2192) emitted a X1-class solar flare on October 19th, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks. The blast site was not Earth-directed.

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