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This image provided by NASA shows giant sunspot activity Thursday, Nov. 3, from a region on the sun that scientists are calling a "benevolent monster."

Sun is coming alive with a storm of solar flares

You have to hand it to the NASA scientist who came up with the name "benevolent monster."

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