MAGNETIC SUN STORM PUMMELS EARTH
Ten days ago planet Earth was pummeled by
the biggest solar storm in about a decade.
the biggest solar storm in about a decade.
Days before a huge x-class solar flare (the most powerful category) had spewn
millions of tons of hydrogen into space, with Earth in the cross-hairs.
millions of tons of hydrogen into space, with Earth in the cross-hairs.
The eruption – called a coronal mass ejection – blasted through space
at more than a million miles an hour.
The leading edge reached Earth on March 8th and the full strength hit Earth two days later,
triggering a geomagnetic storm as well as triggering some concerns.
triggering a geomagnetic storm as well as triggering some concerns.
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