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"textContent": "A moderately strong solar flare measuring M1.9 erupted from geoeffective Active Region 4436 at 16:12 UTC on May 16, 2026. A coronal mass ejection (CME) was produced, but analysis remains incomplete pending coronagraph imagery.\n\nSource",
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