Solar flares cause disruption to radio communications
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NASA have released pictures of the moment two intense solar flares appeared from the sun.
Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation from the sun's surface.
They can cause disruption to communication satellites and sat navs by interfering in the part of the atmosphere where communication signals travel.
Although the solar flares are intense, they can't pass through Earth's atmosphere to reach us.
The second of the solar flares was the most intense recorded since December 2008.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which monitors the sun, said the flares affected radio communications for one hour.
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