Satellites Around Earth at Risk as Active Sunspot Nears 'The Danger Zone'

A massive sunspot on the surface of the sun is moving toward a prime position where any explosion could shower Earth with protons. The enormous sunspot, named AR3738, has a volatile 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that is set to send out explosions of solar plasma as coronal mass ejections or flashes of radiation as solar flares. More

(Source: Newsweek - Jul 18)