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Eruptive flares, NOAA G1 watch

The past few days, sunspot region 2734 faced Earth. While the sunspot region wasn't very complex it was the first proper sunspot region in quite some time and produced a couple of small solar flares. The two most noteworthy events were a C1.3 solar flare on 8 March and a B6.5 solar flare on 9 March. While B and C class solar flares aren't very interesting normally, these two events showed signs that they might have ejected some solar plasma into space. Keep on reading to find out more...

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