Sun blasts first X-flare in nearly 4 years!

A powerful X1-class solar flare erupted from an unnamed sunspot on July 3, 2021. It caused a "short-wave radio blackout over the Atlantic Ocean," according to Spaceweather.com. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | NASA/SDO/Science teams: AIA/EVE/HMI | produced & edited by Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)