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2026-01-19 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Scientists captured the first solar flare of the highest magnitude X on video this year

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[Regnum] The Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences has published video footage showing the first X-ray flare on the Sun this year.

The X1.95 solar flare occurred on January 18 and lasted 59 minutes.

This flare is the largest since November 14, 2025. The video captures the ignition of bright ribbons, whose outlines match the position of prominences. Rapid movement of matter in the explosion area is also observed, indicating the ejection of plasma into space.

"The explosion is quite large—it involved the entire central region of the Sun, approximately half a million kilometers in size. Apparently, the flare led to the complete or partial destruction of the Sun, followed by the ejection of two large prominences into space. These have been visible on the Sun to the right and above the epicenter for several days," the scientists explained, adding that rapid movement of matter has been observed in the explosion area.

The laboratory assumed that the cloud from the explosion would move towards Earth.

Earlier, on January 15, a powerful M1.62 solar flare also occurred. The event was recorded at 11:33 PM Moscow time. The flare lasted 40 minutes.

Solar flares are divided into classes A, B, C, M and X depending on the power of their X-ray radiation.

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Posted by badanov 2026-01-19 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1808 views ] Top

1 I think an exploding sun is a bad thing.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-19 00:06|| 2026-01-19 00:06|| Front Page Top

2 Yeah…. you’re silly that way, my dear. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2026-01-19 01:12|| 2026-01-19 01:12|| Front Page Top

3 It's more like an outburst - the fusion already happened a long time ago in the heart of the star.

"It takes a photon about 264 years to travel from the core of the Sun to its surface due to the dense material it encounters, which causes a "random walk" as it is absorbed and re-emitted multiple times."

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-01-19 11:14|| 2026-01-19 11:14|| Front Page Top

4 #1 - Skid - where's your sense of adventure?

Posted by Frank G 2026-01-19 11:22|| 2026-01-19 11:22|| Front Page Top

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