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Around midnight UTC last night, Active Region 1429 on the Sun exploded with a fairly large flare: rated at class X5.4 , it was among the largest seen in the current cycle. Video of the flare has been created using images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory: Yowza. This flare was big enough that it may cause some communication issues and will probably lead to some nice aurorae, but otherwise is no… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : DiscoverMagazine Discovery Date : 07/03/2012 04:37 Number of articles : 3
