This sun spot is the largest one that has happened since the solar cycle began in 2008, measuring around 80 thousand miles across, or ten times the diameter of Earth.

Using their Solar Dynamic Observatory, NASA astronomers have identified a huge solar storm around 100 million miles away on our sun.

This sun spot is the largest one that has happened since the solar cycle began in 2008, measuring around 80 thousand miles across, or ten times the diameter of Earth.

Sun spots are areas that are somewhat cooler, and have strong magnetic fields coming through the surface of the sun.

A couple of X-class solar flares have already been produced by the sun spot area.

The radiation from these flares reportedly caused some high frequency radio disturbances on Earth over the past few days.

Several other lower class flares have also been observed, but so far no coronal mass ejections have been directed at our planet.

The sun's cycle is now in the solar maximum, which happens every eleven years or so, causing an abundance of solar activity.

Back in 2003, solar activity created some problems for satellites, including the International Space Station, and brief power outages were experienced in Sweden.

The largest sun spot ever recorded happened back in 1947, and was nearly three times bigger than this one.