A 75,000-mile-wide HOLE has appeared on the sun – and experts warn it could knock out communications satellites and cause blackouts on Earth
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The sunspot, dubbed AR2665, is 74,560 miles (120,000 kilometres) wide – big enough to be seen from Earth.Experts have warned that the spot is large enough to produce ’M-class’ solar flares, which can cause radio blackouts on Earth, knock out communications satellites and create radiation storms.
NOAA forecasters say there is a 25% chance of M-class flares on July 12th. Any explosions would be geoeffective as the sunspot is directly facing our planet.
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