maksg: Sun Unleashes 1st Major Solar Flare of 2014A massive solar flare erupted from the sun o
maksg: Sun Unleashes 1st Major Solar Flare of 2014 A massive solar flare erupted from the sun on Tuesday (Jan. 7), rising up from what appears to be one of the largest sunspot groups seen on the star’s surface in a decade, NASA officials say. Image: This NASA view combines two images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured on Jan. 7, 2014. Together, the images show the location of a giant sunspot group on the sun, and the position of an X-class flare that erupted at 1:32 p.m. EST. Credit: NASA/SDO -- source link
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