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Sun Delivered Curveball of Powerful Radiation at Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: science, Sun, Radiation, Earth )

Shaniya
- 471 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A potent follow-up solar flare, which occurred on Jan. 17, 2012, just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection (CME) seen in nearly a decade, delivered a powerful radiation punch to Earth's magnetic field despite the fact that it was
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. (0)
Thursday February 2, 2012, 5:44 am
Noted, thanks!
 

Bob P. (347)
Thursday February 2, 2012, 6:38 am
thanks for sharing
 

Melinda K. (100)
Thursday February 2, 2012, 3:08 pm
Very interesting, thanks.
 

. (0)
Thursday February 2, 2012, 3:15 pm
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Victoria L. (11)
Thursday February 2, 2012, 3:28 pm
Interesting. I wonder if this has anything to do with the unseasonably warm days we've been having in NY.
 

TERRY R. (166)
Thursday February 2, 2012, 4:02 pm
IMPRESSIVE.
 

Nimue Pendragon (59)
Thursday February 2, 2012, 4:28 pm
Noted.
 

Emily L. (23)
Thursday February 2, 2012, 5:38 pm
very interesting thanks as this great and interesting information is not readily available through most mainstream outlets...
 

Robert O. (13)
Thursday February 2, 2012, 9:18 pm
Thanks.
 

Myron Scott (70)
Friday February 3, 2012, 12:21 am
Emily: Widely available in popular and technical science media. Not a big MSM story because it's no big deal for most of us. May produce some nice Auroras.

Victoria: No, it does not.

No real relation to the Mayan Calendar "Mystery", either.

What it could do is affect satellites, electronics, internet. Could time for a new Stuxnet attack, maybe.

(You go, Anonymous!)

 

Myron Scott (70)
Friday February 3, 2012, 12:23 am
Sorry, DID produce some nice Aurora. I was thinking of future ones likely this year, according to scientists.

Also, several stories posted on this website previously on all this, including some I submitted.
 

Quanta Kiran (62)
Friday February 3, 2012, 4:07 am
Thanks.
 

John S. (232)
Friday February 3, 2012, 6:09 am
Thanks.
 

Past Member (0)
Friday February 3, 2012, 1:36 pm
Pseudoscience time everyone. The comments have already started.
 

jayasri amma (10)
Friday February 3, 2012, 4:35 pm
Noted, thanks!
 

KS Goh (0)
Saturday February 4, 2012, 12:45 am
Thanks for the article.
 

Fred Krohn (32)
Saturday February 4, 2012, 3:30 pm
'Global warming' my @!!, the sun's going through a lively phase. Of course it's going to get a little warmer for a few years!
 

Sue Matheson (49)
Saturday February 4, 2012, 5:27 pm
thanks
 

Darlene B. (230)
Saturday February 4, 2012, 5:29 pm
noted, interesting article, thank you. Knowledge is power-huh so how did we end up with so many idiots running the country 'cause they definitely have no knowledge?
 

Patricia E. G. (56)
Saturday February 4, 2012, 7:18 pm
Beautiful pixs of the sun during high times of radiation release. :)
 

Gloria H. (80)
Sunday February 5, 2012, 6:03 pm
Did this make tanning beds obsolete?
 
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