Solar Storm Watch - Massive X-Flare Explodes From Sun | Video

Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 14:01 in Astronomy & Space

A huge Earth-facing sunspot - Active Region 1520 - unleased an X1.4-class solar flare on July 12, 2012. A coronal mass ejection could be speeding towards Earth to cause geomagnetic havoc.

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