The sun started Wednesday with a bang, shooting out two solar flares, one of which was the strongest observed since 2005. Global communications and some GPS systems were temporarily affected on the sunny side of the Earth at the time.
The first flare peaked at approximately 5:10am EDT and the second, larger flare peaked at 8:02am EDT.
Thankfully, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory watches the sun around the clock and was able to record these spectacular solar belches.....[READ MORE]
This morning, the Sun released the most powerful solar flare recorded since 2008. Here's what our satellite saw: go.nasa.gov/2wIwchl
