During the past week, NASA has detected massive solar flares being released by a sunspot which is 62,000 miles across --- with experts saying that the gigantic flares carry the theoretical potential of devastating electrical communications, ranging from certain sections of power grid to handheld electronic devices like the iPhone.

NASA has, over the week, detected two X-class solar eruptions what has termed as the `Active Region 1302', which is producing intense bursts of radiation that are resulting in brilliant auroras --- a consequence of the sun's particles hitting the atmosphere!

Revealing that 1302 is the source of all the auroras witnessed recently in England, astronomer Dr Ian Griffin - Chief Executive of Science Oxford - briefed MailOnline about the space-weather forecasters' projections of a 40 percent chance of more flares over the next 24 hours.

Noting that the projected eruptions will be directed towards the Earth, since the sunspot is apparently crossing the centre of the solar disk, Dr Griffin said that the coming nights might be extremely fascinating for sky-gazers in Britain
--- what with no moon in the sky, and an active region on the sun!

However, with NASA experts having warned that such solar activity can affect 'anything electrical', there is a possibility that the communication systems, particularly those in upper latitudes like northern Canada and Scandinavia, may face disruption due to the solar flares.