Solar Flare 2024 Problems Explained. For a single cme, even one accompanying a powerful flare, the effects are unlikely to cause too many problems, but we are likely to see auroras, down as far 50 degrees latitude. But stronger events have reached earth before.
The sun blasted its biggest flare of the solar cycle so far: Nasa’s solar dynamics observatory captured this image of an x1.5 solar flare peaking at 7:44 am edt on may 11, 2024.