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Daisy Dobrijevic

Powerful solar flare erupts from hidden sunspot sparking widespread radio blackouts (video)

solar flare erupting from the surface of the sun.

A covert sunspot partially hidden behind the sun's southeast limb unleashed a powerful M9.6 class solar flare on May 16 at 12:43 p.m. EDT (1643 GMT). 

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