785 shares · 48 comments | This movie shows the M6.5-class solar flare — the bright light on the left side of the sun — on July 8, 2014. An eruption of solar material can also be seen arcing up and away. After it left the Sun, this became a coronal mass ejection, a giant cloud of solar material, headed toward Mars. Credit: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (Little SDO) | NASA Space Alerts | Facebook

14K views · 754 reactions | On March 30 the Sun emitted a significant X-Class solar flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. An X2 is twice as intense as an X1, an X3 is three times as intense, etc. More information: https://go.nasa.gov/3IXBLfh | NASA 360 | Facebook