L.A. Times: Massive solar eruption — Could cause magnetic storm on Earth — Coronal Mass Ejection here by early Saturday

LA Times, April 11, 2013: Massive solar eruption could cause magnetic storm here on Earth [...] Early Thursday morning, solar observers watched as a dark spot on the sun erupted with an enormous flash of light, causing the biggest solar flare of 2013. [...] this one was powerful enough to cause a bubble of solar material called a CME (coronal mass ejection) to come bursting off the sun. [...] scientists expect it will reach the Earth’s atmosphere late Friday night or early Saturday [...] CMEs can occasionally affect the electronic systems of satellites or the power grid here on the ground [...] Thursday’s solar flare was responsible for a brief radio blackout, NASA reported. The sun is currently nearing the peak of its 11-year solar flare cycle [when] it is normal for there to be several solar flares a day. [...]