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Sun fires powerful M6.9 solar flare and CME toward Earth — could it boost northern lights chances this week? #838178 Yesterday at 02:50 PM
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Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,977 Los Angeles, USA	A restless Earth-facing sunspot has been firing off a barrage of powerful solar flares — and now a CME could be heading our way. Source: Sun fires powerful M6.9 solar flare...boost northern lights chances this week?