Solar Flare Ratings

We’re up to our eye balls in opinion polls about the November presidential election. Who has time for ranking solar flares, as if we could? Well, we can, and you don’t have to. Solar flares get either a C rating (light), M (for moderate) or X (most powerful). And then we have a number beside the letter which gives an even further modification of the solar flare: ie. X4! That’s not a car or SUV! Solar flares create sunspots and we’re not talking a minor zit here! Most sunspots are larger t