Solar flare disruptions in Earth's ionosphere recently made waves, not just in the sky, but across our critical communications systems during a powerful burst of solar activity. Between November 9 and 14, 2025, a rare cluster of intense X‑class solar flares erupted. . A rapidly growing sunspot has fired off at least 18 M-class and three X-class flares in just 24 hours, including an intense X8. What does this mean for northern lights? What's an X-class solar flare? Click here for more Space. The sun has erupted in a relentless barrage of. . When directed toward Earth, a solar storm can create a major disturbance in Earth's magnetic field, called a geomagnetic storm, that can produce effects such as radio blackouts, power outages, and beautiful auroras. “After weeks of calm, solar activity is suddenly high again,” reports. . Today's top news: Solar activity has surged into overdrive! Sunspot region AR4366 – which just rotated into view on the east of the sun – has rapidly grown into a behemoth nearly 10 times wider than Earth. You can zoom in on this plot by selecting a time period that you wish to view and even export the graph as a JPG, PDF, SVG or PNG file. Beneath that we have a collection of live imagery which. .
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