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The first X-flare peaked at 9:07 p.m. EDT on April 23 (0107 GMT April 24) <\/span>(Image credit: NOAA GOES-19)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sun has certainly woken up! It has fired off not one but two powerful X2.5 solar flares within just 7 hours.<\/p>\n

Both eruptions came from a sunspot region on the sun’s western limb, AR4419. The first solar flare<\/u><\/a> peaked at 9:07 p.m.<\/u><\/a> EDT on April 23 (0107 GMT April 24), followed by the second at 4:14 a.m. EDT (0814 GMT) on April 24. These are the strongest solar flares we’ve seen in 78 days, according to solar physicist Ryan French<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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