Sun fires off huge solar flare from new sunspot coming into view - Space.com

Auroras are unlikely this time around as the event took place on the limb of the sun.

The active sun fired off a powerful X-class flare, the strongest our star experiences, on Tuesday (May 3), but not in the direction of Earth. The solar flare peaked at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT) and w… [+2476 chars]

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