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Map Shows Areas Hit by Blackouts From ‘Colossal’ Solar Flare
A powerful X2.7-class solar flare erupted from the sun early Tuesday, May 14, 2025, causing high-frequency radio blackouts across broad swathes of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Why It Matters Classified as an R3-level event on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) radio blackout scale, the X2.7-class flare marked the strongest solar eruption […]
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Radio Blackouts Anticipated As Sunspot Turns Towards Earth
A sunspot currently roiling on the side of the sun is slowly turning to face toward our planet, possibly putting us in the firing line for solar flares and subsequent radio blackouts. The sun fired out nine M-class solar flares on Monday, many of which originated from this active sunspot, named AR3901. None of these […]
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