From SpaceWeather.com:

CRACKLING SUNSPOT: Big sunspot 875 is crackling with solar flares. Earlier today it unleashed an M8-flare, almost an X-class event. The sun’s rotation is turning the spot toward Earth, raising the possibility of Earth-directed eruptions in the days ahead.

COMET NEWS: Dying comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann 3 is falling apart with a vengeance. Even the fragments are fragmenting. Today’s edition of SpaceWeather.com shows a spectacular photo of “Fragment G” disintegrating into 15 or more pieces. Several of the comet’s fragments are visible through backyard telescopes, so amateur astronomers can monitor events themselves. Sky maps and details are available at http://spaceweather.com.

Remember, 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann 3 is disintegrating before our very eyes as it approaches Earth.  It will make its closest pass to us in May.  This is very exciting stuff to watch as it fragments during this closing journey.  By the time it passes nearest to us, it will likely be a magnificently large trail of cometary pieces and should provide a spectacular show.  Well, that means a display even more engaging and phenomenal than what we’ve seen thus far with its rapidly crumbling advance toward us.