When sunspots erupt at nearly the same time, it could be something known as "sympathetic solar flares." A double eruption from sunspots AR3614 and AR3615 may be an example of it.
One of the flares was an X1-class flare and was captured in multiple wavelengths by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Credit: Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / helioviewer.org| edited by Steve Spaleta
One of the flares was an X1-class flare and was captured in multiple wavelengths by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Credit: Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / helioviewer.org| edited by Steve Spaleta
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