The sun emits a powerful solar flare : NASA

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The X1.2 solar flare is the seventh to hit Earth this year and was caught by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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The Sun has released into the air a powerful solar flare that has severely disrupted radio communications on Earth.

The X1.2 solar flare is the seventh to hit Earth this year and was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory which constantly monitors the Sun.

The X-class signifies the most intense flares, while the number indicates its strength.

The strong solar flare reached its peak on March 28 at 10:33 p.m. ET (8:03 a.m. IST), according to the observatory.

The sun emits a powerful solar flare, causing blackouts: NASA

“A R3 (Strong) HF radio blackout event occurred on March 28, at 10:33 p.m. EDT due to an X1.2 flare from Region 3256,” T

he National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Forecasting Center said in a declaration.

According to Space.com, the powerful solar flare ionized the top layer of Earth’s atmosphere disrupting radio transmissions across Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand for about an hour.

Solar flares are high-energy bursts. Solar flares and eruptions can disrupt radio transmissions, electric grids, and navigation signals, and endanger space probes and astronauts.

Meanwhile, a University College London (UCL) researcher has found a massive ‘hole’ on the Sun’s surface.

According to Daniel Verscharen, Associate Professor of space and weather physics at UCL

The hole is 20 times the size of the Earth and could cause a Geomagnetic storm that would reach our planet at a speed of about 1.8 million miles per hour.

According to Business Insider, it is expected to hit Earth by Friday.

Geomagnetic storms of magnitude G4 | Read more

The Earth experienced a geomagnetic storm of magnitude G4, the strongest in nearly six years earlier this week. Causing auroras across the United States, according to NOAA.

The storm’s unexpected ferocity not only caused auroras to be visible as far south as New Mexico in the United States. It also forced spaceflight organization Rocket Lab to postpone a launch by 90 minutes, according to Space.com.

Experts predict that more solar storms will occur as the Sun approaches a high point of the activity that occurs every 11 years.