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The Earth weathers another geomagnetic storm

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Chris Rowan

A couple of days ago, the sun got a bit excitable: This large flare produced what is known as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), a blob of gas and radiation hurled at high velocities from the surface of the sun … Continue reading →

Categories: geophysics, palaeomagic, planets