Capable of knocking out satellites, power grid WND F. MICHAEL MALOOF A massive sunspot capable of knocking out communications and power is once again aligning with Earth. Renamed Active Region 12192, because it is a sunspot that has come around a second time, it is due to come into alignment in a few days. Sunspots of this kind spew solar flares that can create what’s called a coronal mass ejection, or CME, that flings hot bursts of millions of tons of highly charged particles into space at 4 million miles per hour.
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