#X-FLARE CHAMPION OF SOLAR CYCLE 25: Active sunspot AR3663 produced two more X-flares today, a pair of X1's on May 8th at 0145 UT and 0509 UT. This makes it the most active sunspot of #Solar #Cycle 25 so far.

Since May 3rd, AR3663 has tallied six X-flares, more than any other #sunspot in the past 7 years. It may continue to run up the score as it approaches the sun's western limb later this week.

EARTH-DIRECTED #CME: A CME is coming. It was hurled into space earlier today by a roiling series of explosions in the magnetic canopy of giant sunspot AR3664. This movie from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory shows the CME leaving the sun bracketed by Venus (right) and Jupiter (left):

A NOAA forecast model predicts the CME will reach Earth late on May 10th, sparking G1- to G2-class geomagnetic storms on May 11th.
#sun
A second CME might be following close behind this one. You can see a hint of it emerging near the end of the movie,
https://spaceweather.com/