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Surprise X-class solar flare from emerging sunspot triggers radio blackouts across the Americas

The sun has somewhat surprised forecasters today with a dramatic X-class solar flare from a newly emerging sunspot region.

The intense solar flare originated from sunspot region AR4046 and was accompanied by a spectacular filament eruption and coronal mass ejection (CME) — an expulsion of plasma and magnetic field from the sun.




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