On March 28, Earth was hit by an X-class solar flare that was strong enough to ionize part of the planet's atmosphere. ... triggering radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean. News.

A strong X-class solar flare erupted from the sun on Sunday, Feb. 23, creating radio blackouts across parts of the Pacific Ocean.

Spaceweather.com reported that radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere, resulting in a "deep shortwave radio blackout over western parts of the U.S. and the Pacific Ocean ...

A powerful X-class solar flare hit Earth yesterday, causing radio blackouts over the U.S. West Coast and much of the Pacific Ocean. The solar flare was spat out by a sunspot named AR3590, which ...

Image of the sun releasing the X-class flare from sunspot AR3354, at the top-right of the image. The flare caused radio blackouts across the western U.S. and the Pacific Ocean NASA Solar Dynamics ...

Earth is bracing for blackouts after the sun unleashed a massive X-class solar flare ... Fallout from this outburst caused a temporary radio blackout over large swathes of the Pacific Ocean, ...

In May 2024, the largest solar flare since 2017 was detected, ranking at an X-8.7 magnitude. Then in 2025, a flare May 13 was classified as an X-1.2 , and another the next day was listed as an X-2.7 .

The sun released a powerful solar flare to start the month of October, which could lead to supercharged aurora displays over the weekend. ... the Pacific Ocean, Australia, and the Asia-Pacific.