The M4.4 category eruption at 1:11 p.m. UTC produced a shortwave radio blackout over the south Atlantic. It also sent a significant CME into space, but the storm cloud will not hit Earth as the source of the flare is an unnumbered sunspot just behind the sun’s eastern limb. A few days ago, another sun spot erupted … Continue reading The biggest solar flare in more than 3 years occured on Nov. 29th – Blackout in Atlantic, CME