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The sun unleashed a powerful X-class solar flare today , peaking at 8:10 a.m. ( 1310 GMT ) and triggering shortwave radio blackouts across South America , Africa and the Southern Atlantic .
The flare erupted from sunspot AR3576 — the same sunspot that put on a fiery show on Feb. 5 with an M-class flare and plasma eruption.
The sun is becoming incredibly active as it approaches the most active part of its approximately 11-year solar cycle known as the solar maximum.
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