Yesterday the sun released a huge solar flare, and it's heading toward Earth. It's nothing to worry about since it's nowhere near as large as the Carrington Event of 1859, but it is large enough ...
A X7.1 solar flare exploded from the sun at around at around 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday (Oct. 1). At the time, it was the second most powerful flare of the current solar cycle. (Image credit: NASA/SDO) ...