Multiple Spacecraft See First Solar X-Flare of 2013 | Video
Monday, May 13, 2013 - 13:00
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an X-1.7-class flare on May 13th, 2013 and STEREO-B recorded the ensuing coronal mass ejection. -- As an added bonus, a massive prominence erupted from near the southwestern limb of the Sun.