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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. Re:45,000 light years away? by Trigun · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, but what I'm saying is that something that had to travel 45,000+ years to get here should have had noticeable effects on data coming in already.

    Maybe the scientists are saying "Hey, this explains all that strange shit we've been seeing."