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  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