Sunspot AR3738 is getting really big. Images by SDO solar spacecraft show how it has grown in the past 5 days. Now almost ten times wider than Earth, the sunspot group is directly facing our planet with a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for geoeffective solar flares.

Today so far, the active region has produced five M-class flares and will remain a threat for an Earth directed X-Flare.

All other regions have been for the most part stable.
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