March 2024 Solar Flare Map. Nasa’s solar dynamics observatory captured this image of an x1.5 solar flare peaking at 7:44 am edt on may 11, 2024. Two powerful coronal mass ejections (cmes) are racing towards us after intense solar flares erupted from sunspot ar3842.

Sun releases strong solar flare. The sun is ramping up to solar maximum faster than anyone expected.