Earlier today, the Sun unleashed an X-class flare, the highest category of solar flare and one of the most powerful explosions our star can produce. That means billions of tons of charged particles are racing toward Earth at over a million miles per hour. When that energy hits, the skies light up and the aurora may reach much farther south than normal. It can also disrupt radio, GPS, satellites, and even power grids. Not a prediction, a reality. Every grid, every signal, every connection we depe