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X1.8 solar flare, severe geomagnetic storm watch
Wow. We are writing this news article with a heart filled with excitement. This night at 01:56 UTC we had a major solar flare which launched an equally as impressive coronal mass ejection into space. Earth-facing sunspot region 3848 produced a long duration X1.8 solar flare (R3-strong) which peaked at 01:56 UTC. This region is in a perfect earth-facing position and it became quickly clear that it was an eruptive solar flare.
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Space weather facts
| Last X-flare | 2026/01/18 | X1.9 |
| Last M-flare | 2026/01/21 | M3.4 |
| Last geomagnetic storm | 2026/01/28 | Kp5+ (G1) |
| Spotless days | |
|---|---|
| Last spotless day | 2022/06/08 |
| Monthly mean Sunspot Number | |
|---|---|
| December 2025 | 124 +32.2 |
| January 2026 | 119.3 -4.7 |
| Last 30 days | 119.6 +1.6 |