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Biggest EVER solar flare!

5 November 2003

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Just as solar scientists were ready to start breathing normally again after the solar activity of October 2003, active region 10486 blasted off yet another mega-flare. This one saturated the X-ray detectors on the NOAA's GOES satellites on 4 November 2003.

SOHO gives early warning

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Credits: ESA (Image by Total Design)

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An illustration of how the magnetic fields rotate with the Sun to the far side, where the inset shows the holographic image of the backside

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