Two More Solar Flares Erupt on Active Sun Saturday

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Date: 10 March 2012 Time: 05:58 PM ET

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This image, captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on March 10, 2012, shows an active region on the sun, seen as the bright spot to the right. Designated AR 1429, the spot has so far produced three X-class flares and numerous M-class flares. CREDIT: NASA/SDO/AIA View full size image

Two new solar flares erupted from the sun today (March 10), blasting streams of plasma and charged particles into space.
The outbursts were both categorized as M-class solar flares, and exploded from the surface of the sun at 12:27 a.m. EST(0527 GMT) and 12:44 p.m. EST (1744 GMT), respectively, according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

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