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Sun Unleashes Most Powerful Flare Since 2006

Posted by Unknown on from the solar-flares-carrier-lost dept.

astroengine writes "Early Tuesday morning, the Sun unleashed a powerful X-class flare. The X7 flare is the most energetic explosion to come from the Sun since December 2006. Although the flare was directed away from the Earth, a minor proton storm was detected and some radio communications have been disrupted due to higher-than-normal rates of ionization in the Earth's ionosphere. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the whole event, imaging the flaring site and multi-million degree post-flare plasma."

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  1. Wrong Sun by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    When I first read the headline, my thought was "Wow, I didn't know Sun even had a server line called Flare".

  2. Re:Give it to me straight by SIR_Taco · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Oracle would have snatched it up

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  3. Hmmm by geekoid · · Score: 1, Insightful

    /. poster claim there aren't enough science stories.

    Wild science story appear
    slahdotters post the same damn Oracle joke.
    Derp?

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