Last night, a potent solar flare caused disruptions in radio communications on Earth, prompting space weather forecasters to anticipate a period of turbulent space weather in the upcoming days, Space reported. The flare was classified as an X-class on the 5-grade scale that measures the strength of these intense light bursts and originated from the most massive and complicated sunspot cluster presently visible in the … Continue reading ‘Hole’ in the sun and powerful X1 solar flare threaten space weather mayhem