Sun's X-Ray Flare Throws Earth High Proton Flux | Video

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 11:30 in Astronomy & Space

On 19 November 2013, sunspot AR1897 erupted with an X1 solar flare. A wave of ionization was recorded in the upper atmosphere over Europe, Africa and part of Asia, according to Spaceweather.com.

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