Two Earth-Facing Sunspots Blasting Powerful X And M Flares

Sunspots AR3664 and AR3663 have been erupting with X- and M-class solar flares. Both sunspots are Earth-facing and could potentially deliver a solar storm. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / HelioViewer| edited by Steve Spaleta