NASA Notices New, Nasty Solar Storm Type

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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Why?

[Gyga]

I understand the Sun's anger towards us, I would be angry to if self-conceited monkeys kept polluting my system, but does it need to kill off all humans with radiation?
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When we look back on all we accomplished we think, oops.