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NASA Notices New, Nasty Solar Storm Type

Posted by timothy on from the my-precioussss-ssssolar-ssstorm dept.

saskboy writes "Solar Storms generally aren't this bad, but in January unique conditions led to a "proton superhighway" that bombarded earth with fast moving protons that could have harmed astronauts caught without a radiation shield. "Scant minutes after the January 20th [2005] flare, a swarm of high-speed protons surrounded Earth and the Moon. Thirty minutes later, the most intense proton storm in decades was underway." Listen to the story here. Archives from the January storms are also available from SpaceWeather.com"

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  1. No new super-heros? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean we had the opportunity for a new generation of super-heros due to radiation bombardment and we totally missed it? In the age of manned private space flight, I'm disappointed.

  2. Wow... by JoeLinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard that 5 people aboard the ISS got caught in it. One guy's skin got all orange and hard, but his muscles got MAJORLY enhanced. One guy got increased flexibility, tothe point that he could bend and extend his bones/muscles as much as he wanted. Another guy was affected so much he could start fires on the outside of his body. An unfortunate woman caught in this stream turned invisible. However, the worst one was a guy who suffered a severe personality loss. He was said to be just plain mean and nasty. And his nerves for some reason discharged electrical shocks many times their normal size.

  3. Re:Protein Storm by Gyga · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Err. Wait. Sorry this is slashdot, I guess large muscley women won't have much of an effect on us, other than having large muscley mothers."
    That won't affect us? Now they can kick us out of the basement.
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