The sun emitted a massive solar flare late Friday (Dec. 19); it registered as an X1.8-class event and was captured on camera by NASA's powerful Solar Dynamics Observatory. As has happened in the past with these most powerful events (X1's), radio blackouts were experienced for parts of the earth.
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