A flare for the dramatic 🎭 Our Sun has been a little extra over the last two weeks with five moderate to strong solar flares – sudden releases of magnetic energy. Since April 19, three of them were classified as strong. The Sun emits solar flares occasionally, though they don’t always impact humans on Earth. If directed toward Earth, strong flares can impact power grids, radio communications, navigational systems, and pose a potential risk to spacecraft and astronauts aboard the ISS. NASA missions study flares to help us prepare for and better mitigate their impact. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of one of the solar flares, seen in the upper right portion of this image, on April 30. SDO’s mission is to learn how the Sun affects the Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Sun’s interior, magnetic field, atmosphere, and energy output. Credit: NASA/SDO #Space #Sun #NASA #SolarSystem #SolarFlare #Drama #Star