Earth blasted by largest solar flare of 2025 triggering potential blackouts TODAY
The sun has exploded in a massive solar flare, the largest of the year, sending a wave of solar activity that could impact Earth starting Tuesday.
A powerful X5.1-class flare that can disrupt satellites, high-frequency radios and high-altitude flights exploded from the sun today.
The flare caused a radio blackout in Europe and Africa around 5 a.m. and briefly affected aviation, maritime, emergency, GPS, radar and satellite communications.
Officials have warned that high-energy particles from the sun are triggering radiation alarms.
Passengers and crew on high-altitude polar flights may face slightly increased exposure. Satellites in low Earth orbit, especially those flying over the poles, are vulnerable to temporary power outages.
NOAA scientists are tracking a possible coronal mass ejection (CME), a large cloud of solar material and magnetic fields moving at about 3,000 miles per second.
If it’s heading toward our planet, it could trigger a strong geomagnetic storm and disrupt Earth’s magnetic field by Wednesday.
Officials also issued a G3 Watch, warning from November 10 that another CME could arrive on the evening of November 11 and continue until November 12.
A powerful X5.1-class flare that could disrupt satellites, high-frequency radios and high-altitude flights exploded from the sun today
This flare came from sunspot AR4274, which has been very active in recent days and produced two more significant flares on November 9 and 10.
Sunspots are temporary, darker spots on the sun’s surface that are cooler than surrounding areas.
Space scientist Steph Yardley stated that solar activity is ‘not very common’ and that these extremely energetic particles coming from the sun are so powerful that detectors on the ground can catch them.
“75 recordings have been made since 1942,” he shared on X.
This is a developing story… More updates to come.
