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SPACEWEATHER: Another X-Class Flare

Giant Sunspot Complex is Potent, but Quiet

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 12/08/2025 UPDATED

ANOTHER X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: High solar activity continued this morning with an X1-class solar flare from sunspot 4298. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the extreme ultraviolet flash:

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SPACEWEATHER: Strong Geomagnetic Storm Predicted; Arctic Auroras

Giant Sunspot Complex is Potent, but Quiet

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 12/08/2025

STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM PREDICTED: A coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading straight for Earth. NOAA forecasters say that strong G3-class geomagnetic storms are possible when it arrives on Dec. 9th. The full halo CME was launched on Dec. 6th by an M8-class solar flare from sunspot 4299. If it is as potent as NOAA thinks, it could spark auroras from the Arctic Circle to mid-latitude US states. 

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