Solar Flare 2024 Date 2024.  — nasa’s solar dynamics observatory captured this image of an x1.5 solar flare peaking at 7:44 am edt on may 11, 2024. The archive is filled with data between the year 1996 and yesterday.

 — the sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 3:08 a.m. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy.