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Double X-flares, glancing blow possible

Solar activity reached high levels with an X2.1 solar flare that peaked at 19:02 UTC yesterday. This event came from sunspot region 3842 which was followed by a long duration X1.0 solar flare which was a combined effort between sunspot region 3842 and 3844.

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The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M1.04

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