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Sun Unleashes Solar Eruption at Earth During Long Flare
Feb 9, 2013

Sun Unleashes Solar Eruption at Earth During Long FlareA long-lasting solar flare erupted from the sun early Saturday (Feb. 9), triggering an intense sun eruption aimed squarely at Earth. The solar storm, however, should not endanger satellites or astronauts in space, but could amplify auroras on Earth, NASA says. The solar eruption —called a coronal mass ejection —occurred at 2:30 a.m. EST (0730 GMT) on Saturday during a minor, but long-duration, flare. It hurled a wave of charged particles at Earth at speeds of about 1.8 million miles per hour (nearly 2.9 million km/h).


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Posted: Saturday February 9, 2013, 11:40 pm
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