Sunspots

jerkface writes: "The biggest sunspot in 10 years has released an outburst of solar matter that will likely reach Earth on Friday, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). See space.com or the NOAA. There is a chance this will lead to a geomagnetic storm Friday or early Saturday." The standard sysadmin response for what caused a computer problem is actually valid now.