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Astro News Bytes: Solar Flares

Our Sun threw out two large flares the morning of September 6, including the biggest observed since 2006.
By Astronomy Staff | Published: November 29, 2017
You can get the whole story in News:

NASA’s SDO catches the brightest solar flare in over a decade

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