Sun blasts out powerful X-class solar flare causing radio blackouts on Earth (video)
- Media Manager
- Jul 2, 2023
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Space.com
Written By: Robert Lea
Published: July 3rd, 2023
The solar flare erupted from a sunspot seven times the width of the Earth.
A giant sunspot exploded on Sunday, July 2, creating a powerful solar flare that lashed Earth's atmosphere and caused a radio blackout over parts of the U.S. and the pacific ocean.
The solar flare erupted from the sunspot AR3354 which is seven times the width of the Earth. The flare which blasted out of the sun at 15:14 EDT (1914 GMT), was seen as a bright ultraviolet flash by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO). It was classified as an X-flare, the strongest type of solar flare that exists.
