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Earth-Facing Sunspot Blasts Powerful M4.4-Class Solar Flare

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Earth-Facing Sunspot Blasts Powerful M4.4-Class Solar Flare

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Space.com

4 Views • Dec 07, 2025

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Sunspot AR4618 erupted with an M4.4-class solar flare causing a coronal mass ejection (CME) that may give Earth a glancing blow.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths.

Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, Helio Viewer | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta