{"id":411191,"date":"2026-03-30T08:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/411191\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:22:10","slug":"sun-explodes-x1-4-flare-launches-huge-cme-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/411191\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun explodes: X1.4 flare launches huge CME – VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

A powerful X1.4-class solar flare erupted from Active Region 4405 on March 30, 2026, producing a large coronal mass ejection (CME) and triggering renewed monitoring of potential space weather impacts, according to solar observation data. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The flare peaked at 03:19 UTC, following an initial eruption at 02:47 UTC and ending at 03:44 UTC. It was accompanied by a strong Type II radio emission, indicating a fast-moving shock wave with an estimated speed of 1,872 km\/s, a sign that a significant CME was generated, News.Az<\/a> reports, citing The Watchers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Subsequent coronagraph imagery confirmed a wide CME propagating eastward into space, with scientists noting that a partial Earth-directed component cannot yet be ruled out. Further analysis is underway to determine its trajectory.<\/p>\n

The event also produced a strong 10cm radio burst, which can interfere with sensitive systems such as GPS, radar, and satellite communications. Temporary radio disruptions were expected across regions including East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia<\/a>, and the western Pacific.<\/p>\n

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Solar activity had been relatively low in the preceding 24 hours, but rising solar wind speeds, increasing from around 350 km\/s to 450 km\/s, along with shifting magnetic field conditions, signaled heightened space weather variability.<\/p>\n

Forecasters also noted that geomagnetic conditions could reach minor storm levels (G1) due to coronal hole high-speed streams, with further disturbances expected through March 31 before easing later.<\/p>\n

Scientists continue to monitor whether the CME will interact with Earth\u2019s magnetic field in the coming days.<\/p>\n

News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Aysel Mammadzada<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A powerful X1.4-class solar flare erupted from Active Region 4405 on March 30, 2026, producing a large coronal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[1128,23708,22082,18,19,17,133,19343,4434,17135],"class_list":["post-411191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-australia","tag-coronal-mass-ejection","tag-east-asia","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-solar-flare","tag-southeast-asia","tag-sun"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116317162429959815","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}