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A recently detected sunspot region unleashed a powerful X4.5 solar flare early Monday morning, causing radio blackouts throughout parts of the Eastern Hemisphere.
The newly emerged sunspot has seen a number of flares erupting on the surface of the Sun. At the time of both eruptions, the sunspot was facing Earth and a coronal mass ejection (CME) could have accompanied at least one of these solar flares.
Two major solar flares erupted from the sun's surface on May 2nd, exciting scientists and disrupting radio communications here on Earth.
A recently detected sunspot region unleashed a powerful X4.5 solar flare early Monday morning, causing radio blackouts throughout parts of the Eastern Hemisphere.
Confirming the solar explosion, the US Air Force said that a Type II solar radio burst "a type of natural radio signal emitted by shocked gas at the leading edge of a CME" took place.