Solar Flare 2024 May. This solar flare is the largest of solar cycle 25 and is classified as an x8.7 flare. Searching for historical solar and auroral activity data?

The auroras could be seen as far south as alabama and west to northern california tonight thanks to a severe solar storm. Nasa’s solar dynamics observatory captured these two views of massive solar flares, registering x5.8 and x1.5, respectively, on may 11, 2024.