EXTREME SOLAR ACTIVITY: One of the most powerful solar flares in years erupted from giant sunspot 486 this morning at approximately 1110 UT. The X17-category explosion caused a strong and ongoing solar radiation storm. Click here to learn how such storms can affect our planet. The explosion also hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. When it left the sun, the cloud was traveling 2125 km/s (almost 5 million mph). This CME could trigger bright auroras when it sweeps past our planet perhaps as early as tonight.
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Tonight and tomorrow morning might be the best chance in years.
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Tonight and tomorrow morning might be the best chance in years.
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