Giant sunspot could hurl strong solar flares toward Earth

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A "monster sunspot" more than 60,000 miles wide could send some powerful solar flares toward Earth on Wednesday, NASA says.

The sunspot -- actually a group of four spots, each larger than Earth, and smaller spots -- emerged over the weekend and was spotted by the orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory and amateur astronomers, Spaceweather.com reported (via Space.com).

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CHECK SIX North Port, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 May 10, 2012 One Big BELCH from OHH SOLO MIO?....Yer Eyeballs will melt down yer cheeks...just before yer BRAIN EXPLODES....This Ole Earth will look like a Charcoal Briquets...RED HOT!!....And No won will ever know we ever existed!!
Ron M Hamden, CT	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 May 10, 2012 Judged: 2 this is the true cause of drastic climate change on earth!
OneRyder “Kiss Me You Fool!” Since: Jan 08 12,559 Atlanta via Brooklyn NY	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 May 10, 2012 Judged: 1 1 I can take it.
OneRyder “Kiss Me You Fool!” Since: Jan 08 12,559 Atlanta via Brooklyn NY	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 May 10, 2012 Judged: 1 1 Ron M wrote: this is the true cause of drastic climate change on earth! What about the non-drastic climate changes?
Obama Eats Dogs Cherry Hill, NJ	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 May 10, 2012 Judged: 1 1 1 Obama is an ass. Global warming caused by man???? Al Gore is a moron thief and people are morons for listening to him.
OneRyder “Kiss Me You Fool!” Since: Jan 08 12,559 Atlanta via Brooklyn NY	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 May 11, 2012 Obama Eats Dogs wrote: Obama is an ass. Global warming caused by man???? Al Gore is a moron thief and people are morons for listening to him. Romney saved the auto industry. LOLOUDER "I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2008 ...and do we need repub economics again?
handyman United States	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #7 May 11, 2012 CHECK SIX wrote: One Big BELCH from OHH SOLO MIO?....Yer Eyeballs will melt down yer cheeks...just before yer BRAIN EXPLODES....This Ole Earth will look like a Charcoal Briquets...RED HOT!!....And No won will ever know we ever existed!! Not likely......
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