Huge X-Class Solar Flare Erupts Toward Earth

Major solar flare erupts from the sun

11:24 PM, Mar 6, 2012   |

 ATLANTA (WXIA) -- NASA scientists said Earth-orbiting satellites detected an X5-class solar flare from the sun Tuesday evening Atlanta-time.
 
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Sun unleashes huge solar flare; possible Earth-bound solar storm

By Jason Samenow

Between 7 and 8 p.m.Tuesday night, the sun spit out a large, X5-class solar flare. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center called it “one of the largest solar flares of the current solar cycle.”
X class flares are the strongest category of solar flares. According to NASA, they can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms.

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