Near-simultaneous solar flares explode from opposite sides of the sun in extremely rare event A pair of linked solar flares recently exploded near-simultaneously from sunspots on different hemispheres of our home star, triggering radio blackouts on Earth. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nNnouajqSWkj3AT7HAshiX.gif https://www.space.com/simultaneous-solar-flares-explode-opposite-sides-of-sun