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		Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in 2 decades, Earth should be out of the way (phys.org)
		11 points by rbanffy 18 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

aeonik 18 days ago [–]

Some quick reference anchors for you:

- Flare from this article: X8.7

- Carrington Event: X40-X45 (estimated)

- Last weekend: X5.8

- Strongest on record (Nov, 2003): ~X45 (originally classified X23).

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