In the sunspot AR3213, which has gigantic dimensions, another X1.1 class solar flare occurred.

This event was recorded by the instruments of the SDO spacecraft.

HiTech writes about it.

As a result of this event, a stream of solar particles flew towards the Earth, which led to a shutdown of radio communication in the South American region for an hour.

Earlier this week, the Earth-facing sunspot AR3213, which is ten times the size of our planet, experienced a series of powerful flares.

These were M-class solar flares, which are much weaker than X-class flares.

The huge sunspot continues to show signs of strong activity, and in the coming days even more powerful flares may appear, which may be accompanied by coronal mass ejections. 

The new flare confirms scientists' predictions that the Sun is becoming more and more active. 

It was previously reported that 

strong and moderate magnetic storms are expected in February 2023.

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