Solar Flares 2024. Nasa’s solar dynamics observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured images of the events. Nasa/sdo) solar flares are intense bursts of electromagnetic radiation that originate from sunspots on.

 — the national oceanic and atmospheric administration’s space weather prediction center (swpc) — a division of the national weather service — was monitoring the sun following a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (cmes) that began wednesday, may 8, 2024. While impressive, this event still poses no significant threat to the general public.