Earth Directed X1 Solar Flare

“Solar activity is now high. Big Active Region 11429, which emerged on March 2nd, is crackling with strong flares. The strongest so far, an X1-class eruption, occured just ths morning, March 5th at 0413 UT. The explosion also hurled a bright coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. The expanding cloud will probably deliver a glancing blow to Earth’s magnetic field on March 7th. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras in the nights ahead.”

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*SpaceWeather.com

“Update: The explosion also hurled a bright CME into space. According to analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab, the CME will probably miss Earth, although it will hit Mercury and Venus. An animated forecast track shows the likely progression of the cloud.”