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Huge Solar Eruption Sparks Strongest Radiation Storm in 7 Years

By Space.com Staff published

A powerful M9-class solar flare erupted early Jan. 23 (GMT) sparking a powerful radiation storm.

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M2-class solar flare

Solar Flare May Spark Weekend Northern Lights Show

By Space.com Staff published

The solar flare will arrive at Earth late Saturday (Jan. 19).

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Modeling the Impact of Severe Space Weather

By Rachel Hauser published

A new model sheds light on how the atmosphere reacts to solar storms

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Solar Storms Can 'Sandblast' Away Moon's Surface

By Space.com Staff published

Intense solar storms can strip material off the surface of the moon like a sandblaster, a new study finds.

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Did Comet Cause Solar Explosion? Hardly, Experts Say

By Mike Wall published

Scientists know of no mechanism by which a comet could cause a big sun eruption.

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Sun unleashes massive solar flare

Sun Unleashes Massive Solar Flares in One-Two Punch

By Mike Wall published

The sun let loose a powerful X2.1-class solar flare Tuesday, and less intense one Monday night.

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NASA Video Shows Huge Sun Storm Grow to Engulf Earth

By Mike Wall published

Scientists get the best-ever look at a massive sun explosion.

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Coronal mass ejection as viewed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory on June 7, 2011.

Sun Unleashes 'Spectacular' & Powerful Eruption

By Tariq Malik published

See video of the spectacular June 7 solar flare and sun eruption.

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft captured this eruption from March 19, 2011 as a prominence became unstable and blasted into space with a distinct twisting motion.

Sun's Storm Season Finally Heating Up

By Space.com Staff published

After spending three years in a deep sleep of historic proportions, the sun is finally starting to wake up.

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How the Sun Gets Its Spots

By Lily Whiteman published

One of the leading researchers studying the sun reveals the origins and lifecycles of sunspots.

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