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Solar Flare Interference From 45k Lightyears Away

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the duck-the-flares-are-coming dept.

Wan2Be writes "Nasa has a story about a solar flare on Aug. 27 that affected our planet with radio bounces and blackouts - but it wasn't from old Sol, it was from SGR 1900+14, a neutron star about 45,000 light years away. "

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  1. Just to clear something up by erpbridge · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Slight misconception from the summary. The event happened on August 27.

    But that was August 27, 1998. Not just a couple weeks ago.