Space Weather News for Dec. 14, 2023 https://spaceweather.com https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com MAJOR X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: The sun just unleashed the strongest solar flare of Solar Cycle 25 (so far), an X2.8-class explosion from unstable sunspot AR3514. The blast caused a deep shortwave radio blackout over the Americas and may have hurled a fast CME toward Earth. Follow this developing story @ Spaceweather.com.