Will A Solar Flare Hit Earth In 2024. A powerful solar flare has been hurled out of the sun, and could cause disruption on earth. A solar flare erupts from the sun on june 20, 2013, seen at the left of the image.

Activity remained moderate and flare production increased from 8 to 22 flares. Using data from nasa’s solar dynamics observatory, or sdo, scientists have developed a new model that successfully predicted seven of the sun’s biggest flares.