Double X flare! Spacecraft spots our sun blasting a pair of major eruptions

Sunspot AR3767 erupted with a solar flare on Aug. 5, 2024. It was quickly followed by an flare from sunspot AR3780. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks. Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, | edited by ’s [Steve Spaleta]() Music: Falling Clouds by Trevor Kowalski / courtesy of