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A solar flare on the right side of the sun, seen as a bright flash and is colorized in red and orange
The right side of the sun experienced a solar flare on August 5, 2023, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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  • The sun struck Earth with two powerful X-class solar flares in the past few days.
  • The flares caused radio blackouts in the US and Canada. 
  • We've seen more X-class flares this year than last, which is expected as the sun grows more active.

For the second time in two days, the sun flashed a powerful solar flare at Earth on Monday, Gizmodo reported.

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Science, Solar Flares, Solar Flare, solar maximum, Space Weather, NASA
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Sun smacks Earth with 2 powerful, back-to-back X-class solar flares, knocking o…