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Sun unleashes X-class solar flare, blasts 3rd coronal mass ejection toward Earth in a week (video)


Active sunspot AR3777 fired off the strongest of its three solar flares this week, sending another CME to impact Earth this weekend with a possible geomagnetic storm.

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