SCIENCE

Spiegel: Neue Sonnen-Eruption bricht alle Rekorde

Auf der Sonne kam es in der Nacht zum Mittwoch zur gewaltigsten Eruption, die jemals von Menschen gemessen wurde. Der Ausbruch von Milliarden Tonnen Plasma war so stark, dass die Messinstrumente von Satelliten versagten

BBC: What is happening to the Sun?

The Sun's intense activity in the past week will go into the record books.
Scientists say they have been amazed by the ferocity of the gigantic flares exploding on the solar surface.

The past 24 hours have seen three major events erupt over our star, hurling billions of tonnes of superhot gas into space - some of it directed at Earth