The sun releases strong solar flare, produce strong plasma ejection toward Earth

MOSCOW (Xinhua): The Sun emitted a powerful X-level solar flare on Monday, according to Russian solar researchers.

The X1.1 flare was recorded at 8.01 am Moscow time (0501 GMT) and lasted about 15 minutes, the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences said in a statement.