A sunspot nearly triple the size of Earth is within firing range of our planet and could send out flares in the future.
The sunspot was large yesterday. The author of SpaceWeather.com wrote on Wednesday that it was enormous.
The magnetic field surrounding the sunspot has the potential to blast M-class solar flares towards our planet.
Solar storms are the worst in history.
It's possible that charged particles from the sun will interact with our magnetic field and create colorful lights in our atmosphere.
The Space Weather Prediction Center, which watches solar flares and other events, has not issued any current alert for Earth.
The sun has been particularly active this spring, sending out many M-class and X-class flares as activity grows in the regular 11-year cycle of sunspot activity
CMEs are usually harmless, producing brief radio black outs along with the colorfulAuroras. Satellites or power lines can sometimes be disturbed by CMEs.
The sun is monitored by both NASA and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. NASA's solar probe mission flies very close to the sun to learn more about sunspots and space weather.
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