<ul><li>Nasa warns of huge solar flares, the biggest in 2025 so far, which could disrupt radio transmissions, electric power grids, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts.</li><li>The recent X2.7 solar flare impacted high frequency radio communications for ten minutes in the Middle East, and there is a risk of 'minor radio blackouts' predicted by Met Office for the week.</li><li>Multiple coronal mass ejections last year led to a strong geomagnetic storm that impacted the US precision industry, and currently, seven sunspot regions facing Earth could potentially have an impact.</li><li>Solar flares are powerful bursts of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun often associated with solar magnetic storms known as coronal mass ejections, with CMEs potentially causing phenomena like the Northern Lights.</li></ul>

Nasa warns of huge solar flares that could cause blackouts on Earth

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