Gargantuan Explosions Rock the Sun, Launching a "Cannibal" Cloud of Gas Toward Earth

The Sun unleashed an X-class solar flare — the most intense kind — on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, as seen here in an image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. Eruptions of gas associated with flares that exploded two days earlier may bring beautiful northern lights displays late on March 30th and early on the 31st. (Credit: Helioviewer)