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Giant Sunspot may eject solar flares at Earth! Threatens blackouts
A giant sunspot on the solar surface and the filaments it has thrown up are worrying astronomers as they may spark off a geomagnetic storm on Earth. With the Sun being in an active phase of its 11-year cycle, scientists are worried that the solar flares heading towards Earth may cause damage to communications and electricity infrastructure on Earth including knocking out the internet, mobile phones, satellites and more. However, this can happen only if the solar storm is extremely powerful.