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Coronal Mass Ejection Hits Earth

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the duck-and-cover dept.

astroengine writes "On Tuesday, the Earth was hit by a coronal mass ejection (CME), triggering a 'moderate' geomagnetic storm, igniting aurorae at high latitudes. The CME in question was launched from the sun early on Sunday and space weather scientists predicted its arrival on Aug. 3 — the vast magnetic bubble of solar plasma arrived on schedule."

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  1. Re:Thank goodness there's no damage by SEWilco · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sure they did. They predicted it in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Now that it happened they claim that they got it right.