The solar flare missed Earth on its flight path but could have knocked out communications and navigation systems if it hit the planet's magnetic field.
Huge emissions from the Sun have the potential to cause major chaos on the surface of the Earth – impacting the atmosphere and causing electromagnetic storms.
But luckily, the explosion was far enough away that it will not affect our planet, according to space weather experts at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, based in the US.
They released the incredible video of the moment the explosion – called a coronal mass ejection – blasted from the centre of the Sun.
The type of solar flare captured is responsible for the incredible phenomenon of the Northern Lights.
But they can damage satellites and have an enormous financial cost – knocking out electrical grids.
They also have the power to change the Earth's magnetic field, confusing navigational and communications equipment.
The new video comes days after NASA revealed an asteroid zoomed past Earth 20 times closer than the moon.
Scientists only spotted the potentially devastating space rock just six hours before it soared past the Earth – with astronomers calling for a more sophisticated asteroid early warning system.