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[ad_1] An intense geomagnetic storm that was sparked by a solar storm ejected by the Sun, caused Intelsat's Galaxy 15 satellite to become uncontrollable. Check details here. The Sun is throwing up dangerous flares in all directions and some are directed at the Earth. While we recently read about a few solar storms creating beautiful auroras in different parts of the world, a storm that arrived close to Earth on August 19 killed the Galaxy-15 broadcast satellite operated by international satellite firm, Intelsat. The firm has lost control of its satellite after it was presumably disabled by space weather on August 19. Intelsat is attempting to regain control of the Galaxy 15 broadcast satellite now. A report by Spacenews.co...

[ad_1] A new sunspot, AR3085, has been spotted by scientists. Worryingly, this sunspot has grown ten times its size in just two days. Will this spell a disaster for Earth with a G5 class solar storm? Find out. It seems that the Sun is regaining its violent demeanor after a week of low activity. Even as the Sun is moving towards the peak of its solar cycle, the solar activity was surprisingly low the previous week. Even the sunspot which was capable of producing M-class solar flares disappeared without an explosion. But all that is about to change. A new sunspot has appeared on the Sun which has worried the scientists. This sunspot grew ten times its original size in just two days. Worse still, it has now joined up with anothe...

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This astonishing solar storm sparks geomagnetic storm, kills satellite

Shocking! Sunspot grows 10 times its size! Giant G5 class solar storm coming for Earth?