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Twin X-Class Flares Ignite the Sky: NASA’s SDO Captures Fiery Solar Drama
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash on the right — on Aug. 5, 2024. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is …