"Epic Auroras Expected This Summer Due to Solar Activity"

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Source: Space.com
"Epic Auroras Expected This Summer Due to Solar Activity"
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Sunspot region AR3697, responsible for May's powerful auroras, has unleashed another major X-class solar flare, causing shortwave radio blackouts in Western Europe and the Eastern U.S. This sunspot, previously known as AR3664, is expected to continue its activity, potentially leading to more geomagnetic storms and auroras as it moves across the sun's disk and faces Earth in early June.

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