{"id":31206,"date":"2024-05-15T08:02:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=31206"},"modified":"2024-05-15T08:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:02:25","slug":"the-biggest-solar-flare-of-the-current-solar-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=31206","title":{"rendered":"THE BIGGEST SOLAR FLARE OF THE CURRENT SOLAR CYCLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><b>Space Weather News for May 14, 2024<br \/>\n<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=264675d60d&amp;e=de6f94dc30\">https:\/\/spaceweather.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=97b698be2b&amp;e=de6f94dc30\">https:\/\/www.spaceweatheralerts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>THE BIGGEST SOLAR FLARE OF THE CURRENT SOLAR CYCLE:<\/b> Earth-orbiting satellites have just detected the most intense solar flare of the current solar cycle (so far)&#8211;an X8.7-category blast from giant sunspot AR3664. Extreme ultraviolet radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth&#8217;s atmosphere and caused a deep shortwave blackout over the Americas. Full story @ <a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=77657fa02a&amp;e=de6f94dc30\">Spaceweather.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Solar flare alerts:<\/b> Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=6eaa1fcc0e&amp;e=de6f94dc30\">Space Weather Alerts<\/a> to receive instant text messages when strong flares are underway<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=58a05419a7&amp;e=de6f94dc30\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d\/images\/d99e6cb4-beda-e5b5-38e7-7a39c6e0bb32.jpg\" alt=\"[]\" width=\"520\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=58a05419a7&amp;e=de6f94dc30\">\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Above:<\/b> Today&#8217;s X8.7-class solar flare photographed by NASA&#8217;s Solar Dynamics Observatory<\/div>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space Weather News for May 14, 2024 https:\/\/spaceweather.com https:\/\/www.spaceweatheralerts.com THE BIGGEST SOLAR FLARE OF THE CURRENT SOLAR CYCLE: Earth-orbiting satellites have just detected the most intense solar flare of the current solar cycle (so far)&#8211;an X8.7-category blast from giant sunspot AR3664. 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