Sun Unleashes 1st Monster Solar Flare of 2015 (Photos, Video) - See mor
Reference by: NASA/SDO
May 04, 2016   3:52 AM
The Wednesday flare registered as an X2.2 sun storm on the scale used to measure solar tempests. Scientists classify strong into three categories: C, M and X, with C being the weakest, M being mid-level and X the strongest. X flares are 10 times more powerful than M flares. X2 and X3 flares are twice and three times as potent, respectively, as X1