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Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare triggering radio blackouts over Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan (video)
Just as we were beginning to think "The sun has been rather quiet of late," it silences the critics with an explosive X-class flare, the most powerful class of solar flare. The solar flare from sunspot AR3738 occurred late Saturday night (July …