geomagnetic storm
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Dead Sunspot Explosion Spits Plasma Toward Earth
The Sun just hurled debris from a dead sunspot toward Earth, and the superheated material is supposed to arrive at our planet on Thursday (don’t worry — you won’t feel it).
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A Solar Flare Almost Caused Nuclear War In 1967
On 23 May 1967, the United States Air Force scrambled to ready nuclear missile-laden aircraft for deployment. Radar systems designed to detect incoming Soviet missiles had just been disrupted, in what the military perceived to be an act of war. But before any nukes were launched in retaliation, it seems Air Force command was told…