Nov. 4 Solar Flare Sets a Record
Credit: ESA/NASA
Scientists have determined a flare that erupted Nov. 4 on the lower right solar limb as viewed from Earth was the most powerful ever measured. Space-weather watchers were able to calculate its X-ray brightness at X28 on an open-ended scale where the previous record was X20, reached in 1989 and 2001...
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