X-class Solar Flare

Source - Space Weather News for Feb. 25, 2014: http://spaceweather.com

X-FLARE:  Long-lived sunspot AR1967 returned to the Earthside of the sun on Feb. 25th and promptly erupted, producing an X4.9-class solar flare.  This is the strongest flare of the year so far and one of the strongest of the current solar cycle. 

Check http://spaceweather.com for updates about this eruption and the possibility of more to come.