Prof. Sam Lawler
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🚨 ANOTHER POWERFUL X-FLARE!
Sunspot 4274 just fired off yet another monster—an X4-class solar flare early this morning. This blast wasn’t aimed squarely at Earth, but it did launch a fast CME that’s expected to give our magnetic field a glancing smack on Nov. 16–17.
A shortwave radio blackout hit the Indian Ocean during the eruption, and NASA models suggest we could see G1–G2 geomagnetic storms from the edge of this CME. Nothing like the wild Nov. 11–12 event, but high-latitude sky watchers might still snag some auroras.
Full story at Spaceweather.com. 🌌🔥
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