Space Weather News for July 7, 2026
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A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SUNSPOT: A big new sunspot emerged during the 4th of July weekend, announcing itself with an X-class solar flare. Today, it topped that by hurling a million-kilometer loop of plasma into space. Earth is entering the strike zone of this active sunspot, bringing a chance of geoeffective solar activity later this week. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.

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Above: An eruption from sunspot 4482 on July 7th. Image credits: GOES-19 and Maximilian-Vlad Teodorescu