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It has been hardly one and a half month since we added the Russian language to SpaceWeatherLive but we are super proud that we once again are able to present SpaceWeatherLive to you in a new language! Our website is now available in Italiano! Yes, in Italian! This is the 9th language already that we can offer to our visitors. The other eight languages that we have for you are English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Polish, Russian and Swedish!

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Last X-flare2026/03/30X1.5
Last M-flare2026/04/04M1.0
Last geomagnetic storm2026/04/03Kp7- (G3)
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This day in history*

Solar flares
12001X1.21
22001M7.3
32001M4.52
42013M3.28
52004M2.47
DstG
11993-165G3
21968-112G3
31978-109G1
41984-108G2
51989-101G2
*since 1994

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