Sunspot erupts with 12 flares in 24 hours, spacecraft watches

Sunspot AR2824 erupted with 10 C-flares and 2 M-flares starting on May 22, 2021. The active region on the sun blasted more flares and coronal mass ejections during the days that followed. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured imagery: https://www.space.com/22081-solar-dynamics-observatory.html Credit: Space.com | NASA/SDO/Science teams: AIA/EVE/HMI | produced & edited by [Steve Spaleta](http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)