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M6.7 coronal mass ejection

Today at 00:29 UTC we saw a surprise M6.7 solar flare from sunspot region 2529. It was an eruptive event and a coronal mass ejection was launched into space. Be sure to read the news article that we released earlier today for more information.

M6.7 solar flare

After almost silently transiting the Earth-facing solar disk it didn't look like sunspot region 2529 had the capacity to let loose a strong solar flare. Today at 00:29 UTC it showed that it was a deceiving silence as it found the energy to produce the strongest solar flare of 2016 thus far: M6.72.

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