Within a 24-hour period, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft witnessed three solar flares erupt from the sun. These solar flares are not like those of any other. In fact, each of the three erupted were classified as "x-class," which are the strongest, most powerful kind of flares. The sun unleases several solar flares of different sizes and magnitiudes all the time. However, it's unusual for multiple x-class flares to be released in such a short period of time, making these triplet of solar flares not only unique, but very powerful.