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  • Growing Sunspot Faces Earth, Second-Strongest Solar Flare Possible

    Sun's Discharges: What are Solar Flares?

    High-energy radiation outbursts from the sun's atmosphere can occasionally propel blobs of plasma toward Earth. A solar flare is an intense burst of electromagnetic radiation produced in the sun's atmosphere — the layers of sparse but hot gas that lie above the sun's visible surface, known as the photosphere.
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