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Here Comes The Sun?

MAR 08, 2012
Two large solar flares erupted on the surface of the sun Tuesday, sending a coronal mass ejection toward Earth.
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Here Comes The Sun? lead image

Here Comes The Sun? lead image

NOAA/SWPC Boulder, CO

Chris J. Nicolini

Two large solar flares erupted on the surface of the sun Tuesday, sending a coronal mass ejection (CME) -- a wave of charged particles -- toward Earth.

Government agencies and space weather experts issued warnings about possible effects this CME could cause to our planet; from relatively harmless occurrences of aurora events to potentially panic-causing issues such as
electrical grid failures , interference to GPS systems, and communication outages.

Here are some of the more interesting articles and notable coverage about this event:

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