Nasa images show ‘amazing’ solar flare that caused radio interference on Earth

Fiery flash on sun's surface 93m miles away was an X-class flare of highest intensity, with potential to affect radio communications

Nasa has released images of what it says is the most powerful solar flare in six years, a fiery flash on the sun's surface 93m miles away that knocked out some radio communication on Earth for a short time on Thursday.

The agency captured the brightly colored imagery of the phenomenon known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) from its solar dynamics observatory, a spacecraft launched in 2010 that constantly monitors the sun's activity.