Sun fires off its most powerful solar flare of the year

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 18:00 in Astronomy & Space

The sun fired off its strongest solar flare of the year Tuesday, though the massive sun storm should not post a major concern for Earth, space weather experts say.The powerful X3.3 solar flare peaked at 5:12 p.m. EST on Tuesday from the sunspot AR1890.

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