By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 1 day ago
The eruption caused shortwave radio blackouts across Australia and Southeast Asia.
A powerful solar flare erupted from a giant unstable sunspot last night, triggering radio blackouts on Earth and firing a hot plasma plume through the sun's atmosphere at speeds of 900,000 mph (400 km/s).
The long-duration solar flare from the sunspot region AR3575 began on Monday (Feb 5) at 8:30 p.m. EST (0130 GMT on Feb 6) and peaked at 10:15 EST (0315 GMT on Feb 6), according to solar physicist Keith Strong who posted details at https://twitter.com/drkstrong/status/1754716056306753996?s=20 about the eruption on X.
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