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June 23, 2011

Solar Storms: An Infographic Primer

Karl Tate, Space.com


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The sun's warmth makes life on Earth possible. But our home star can also be dangerous, flaring up and ejecting huge masses of hot material that can travel across space to disrupt Earth's neighborhood.

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TAGGED: solar flare, coronal mass ejection, solar storm, sunspots

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