Solar Flare May 11 2024. The peak, called solar maximum, is expected between late 2024. A series of powerful solar events is set to impact earth, potentially triggering significant geomagnetic storms over the next few days.
The geomagnetic storm that commenced yesterday will go down in the record books as the strongest geomagnetic storm since the halloween solar storms of 2003. Nasa’s solar dynamics observatory captured this image of an x1.5 solar flare peaking at 7:44 am edt on may 11, 2024.