Solar Flare articles

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  Lights out: could a powerful blast from the sun send us back to the stone age?

  By Carl Franzen on May 6, 2013 12:15 pm + 67 comments

  Of all the issues facing the world right now that the US government is concerned about, the sun may Continue reading…

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  Last night, NASA saw the year's biggest solar flare

  By Russell Brandom on April 11, 2013 04:17 pm + 34 comments

  If you noticed a little extra radio interference last night, it wasn't your imagination. At 3:16 AM, Continue reading…

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  NASA's discovery of third radiation belt around Earth will mean 'rewriting textbooks'

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 1, 2013 04:10 am + 62 comments

  Scientists used to think that the Van Allen belts — two nested rings of charged particles Continue reading…

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  In magnificent solar display, 'fiery rain' loops onto the sun's surface

  By Chris Welch on February 22, 2013 10:50 am + 14 comments

  A newly-released video from NASA serves as yet another example of the sun's majesty. Observing the Continue reading…