Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In early February 2026, the Sun emitted more than 50 flares including several X-class events, which is the most intense category of solar flares. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watches the Sun 24/7 and captured these views of the Sun in multiple wavelengths of light.
The Sun’s activity, which includes flares, follows an approximately 11-year cycle that creates periods of high and low activity. After reaching the current cycle’s most active phase in 2024 — known as solar maximum — the Sun remains in a heightened period of activity.
For news of the recent flares: science.nasa.gov/blogs/solar-cycle-25
Music credit: “Gravity” by Cy Samuels [PRS] via Universal Production Music
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In early February 2026, the Sun emitted more than 50 flares including several X-class events, which is the most intense category of solar flares. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watches the Sun 24/7 and captured these views of the Sun in multiple wavelengths of light.
The Sun’s activity, which includes flares, follows an approximately 11-year cycle that creates periods of high and low activity. After reaching the current cycle’s most active phase in 2024 — known as solar maximum — the Sun remains in a heightened period of activity.
For news of the recent flares: science.nasa.gov/blogs/solar-cycle-25
Music credit: “Gravity” by Cy Samuels [PRS] via Universal Production Music
Credit: NASA
Producer: Joy Ng (eMITS)
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14973. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14973. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/.
If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: youtube.com/NASAGoddard
Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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