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X1.1 solar flare

We have only just started to relax following the moderate G2 geomagnetic storm conditions from a massive coronal hole and suddenly... bam... our Sun surprises us all with a X1.1 solar flare (R3-strong) that came from sunspot region 4046 which is just rotating into view on the east limb.

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Last X-flare2026/06/03X1.0
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51961-46
*since 1994

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