The strongest M9.3 flare recorded on the Sun in a month and a half

MOSCOW, June 3 - RIA Novosti. A strong flare of magnitude M9.3 was recorded on the Sun at night, it became the strongest in a month and a half, reported the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

“A flare of level M9.3 was registered on the Sun at 04:36 Moscow time, which, according to catalogs, is the strongest since April 24, 2026, when two explosions of the highest level X occurred within 24 hours. In this case, about 7% was not enough to reach the class X threshold,” says a message on the laboratory’s Telegram channel.

It is noted that just a day ago the situation on the Sun did not give any hints that such an explosion could occur. The situation on the star began to get complicated in the middle of June 2. Since then, flashes have been recorded on it approximately every seven hours, and the intensity has been increasing.

Scientists expect the next, already maximum level X, around noon on Wednesday.