This spot has unleashed a massive X-class flare towards Earth. According to LiveScience.com, this colossal sunspot can trigger effects akin to the 1859 solar storm. Given today's highly ...

Also Read: Sun fires massive solar flares directly at Earth; Australia, Japan and China witness radio blackouts The giant sunspot has fired more powerful solar flares in recent days than estimated.

"On December 24, at around 3:19 a.m. Moscow time (12:19 a.m. GMT), a ten-minute-long solar flare classified as M4.7 was recorded in X-rays in sunspot group ... known as giant explosions on the ...

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This image was captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory on March 10 ... Designated AR 1429, the spot has so far produced three X-class flares and numerous M-class flares. On March 10, 2012 ...

The strong “X2.0-class” flare erupted from the Sun at about 7.30 pm GMT from a sunspot rotating out of view from the Earth, the agency said. Solar flares are ranked on a four-class scale ...

Well, that’s a bit dramatic (it explodes a lot) — but a particularly large sunspot named AR2781 produced a C5-class solar flare ... (or even higher for giant X flares). So a C5 is just about ...

This provides new insights into the star’s explosive activities. Solar flares, seen as bright areas on the Sun, are giant explosions that send energy, light, and high-speed particles into space.