A very large sunspot is currently being tracked by NASA scientists.  It has unleashed three large solar flares on September 7th, 8th, and 9th.  The flare on September 7th was catagorized as an X-17, the fifth largest recorded by NASA.  The flare on the 8th was a X-5 and the flare on the 9th was a X-1.

    Brief radio blackouts has been the only effects they have had on the Earth.  Scientists predict that, as they approach Earth, there will be even more disruptions over the next two weeks.  The affected areas will be in spacecraft operations, electrical power systems, high-frequency communications, and low-frequency navigational systems.

    This is the same sunspot that erupted in the middle of August.  This sunspot caused strong auroras as far south as Utah and Colorado.  Over the past two weeks, the active area has caused eruptions acorss the surface of the sun as it made its way to the far side of the sun.  This will cause auroras to start and show in mostly the northern regions of the Earth.

    The solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CME) are the most powerful in the solar system and can pack the force of one billion megatons of nuclear warheads.  These CMEs are normally associated as giant clouds of plasma in space.   They are caused by the buildup and sudden release of magnetic stress on the solar surface over the magnetic poles of the sun.