What. A. Day! The third strongest solar flare of the solar cycle occurred a few hours ago! Unfortunately there wasn’t much of a CME and nothing major is forecasted to hit Earth (if at all). The region responsible for this activity, AR 4366, remains active and may produce another large flare soon! The sunspot group is moving to a more earth-directed position in the next few days. While the CME today was not directed towards Earth, future flares may launch CME that have a stronger Earth-directed c

Sunspot AR4366 erupted with an X4-class solar flare on Feb. 4, 2026. The active region on the sun has been very active over the last few days, Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / helioviewer.org | edited by [Steve Spaleta](https://x.com/stevespaleta)?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com/space-com/library/media/637442077 | Space.com