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Strongest solar flare of 2025 erupts from sun, sparking radio blackouts across Europe, Asia and the Middle East (video)
X2.7-class eruption from sunspot AR4087 disrupts radio signals as the active region rotates toward Earth, raising the risk of more flares ahead.
Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2025, raising aurora, tech concerns
The sun released its strongest X-class solar flare of 2025, raising chances for northern lights and warnings of possible tech disruptions.
Massive solar flare erupts, causing radio blackouts across Earth
A strong solar flare erupted from the sun's surface, impacting radio transmissions on Earth's sunlit side on Tuesday.
Most powerful solar flare of 2025 causes radio blackouts worldwide
On May 14, 2025, a powerful X-class solar flare erupted from the sun, causing extensive R3-level radio blackouts across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Fact Check: Spain still investigating cause of blackout, but solar flare not blamed
Spain has not reached any conclusions about what caused a major power outage on April 28, contrary to online claims saying authorities are blaming them on solar flare activity, a theory space weather experts rejected as highly unlikely.
Solar fury hits earth: X2.7 flare triggers radio blackouts across five continents
These back-to-back solar storms have caused shortwave radio blackouts across five continents, with scientists watching closely for signs that the sun’s activity is ramping up. According to Spaceweather.
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Blackouts Around The World As X Class Solar Flare Hits Earth
The strongest solar flare of 2025 so far has been unleashed by the Sun, causing radio blackouts over southeast Asia, Europe, ...
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Sun Unleashes Most Powerful Flare We've Seen in 2025
On 14 May 2025, the Sun erupted with the biggest flare we've seen all year. From the eastern limb of the Sun – that is, the left side – active sunspot region (AR) 4087 erupted in a huge, X2.7 solar ...
ISRO's Aditya-L1 Captures Rare Plasma Ejection From The Sun In UV Light; Watch
Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) onboard Aditya-L1 observed a powerful solar flare and a first-of-its-kind ...
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Sun unleashes jaw-dropping filament eruption — but Earth dodges the blast (photo)
GOES-19 satellite captures breathtaking footage as a towering solar filament erupts over the sun's eastern limb.
SUIT Telescope on board Aditya-L1 observes Solar Flare, rare plasma ejection in UV light
ISRO on Wednesday announced that the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) onboard Aditya-L1 Mission observed powerful ...
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Could the Sun Fry Earth with a Superflare?
By sifting through that vast dataset, the team found 2,889 likely superflares on 2,527 sunlike stars. That works out to ...
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Solar Flare News
Apr. 24, 2025 — The world's largest solar telescope has reached an important milestone. The data published now were obtained during the technical commissioning of the ... Scientists Source Solar ...
Huge solar storm to blame for colossal global blackouts — and there are more to come, experts say
A colossal solar storm just zapped the daylight side of the planet, causing global blackouts and knocking out radio signals across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The culprit? A fiery X2.7-class ...