Sun stays active with powerful flares, one 'directly facing Earth'

Sunpots AR2891 and AR2887 blasted M1-class flares on Oct 1-2. 2021. Just last week, AR2887 erupted with an Earth-facing X1-class flare.

Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO & AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams | edited by Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)