Sun Fires Off Powerful Solar Flare (Video)
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 18:10
in Astronomy & Space
The sun shot out a powerful solar flare early Tuesday (Nov. 19) morning. Though the flare was not pointed directly at Earth, it did cause a radio blackout at 5:26 a.m. EST (1026 GMT), when the sun fired off the flare, space weather experts say.