Sun erupts powerful X-class flare

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Colossal X-class solar flare erupts from 'rule-breaking' sunspot and Earth is in the firing line (video)

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The sun unleashed the most powerful class of solar flare, in a potent X-class eruption.

The flare peaked at 2:40 a.m. EDT ( 0640 GMT ) and caused shortwave radio blackouts over the sunlit portion of Earth at the time of the eruption, Asia and the Indian Ocean .

Solar flares are eruptions on the sun's surface that release intense bursts of electromagnetic radiation.

Powerful solar flares like the one released this morning can often be accompanied by a coronal mass ejection.

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