A Solar Superstorm Nearly Hit The Earth

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Do you remember what you were doing on July 23, 2012? Earth dodged quite a bullet that day… a huge magnetic bullet. Two solar eruptions collided into a superstorm, sending a pulse of magnetized plasma barreling through Earth’s orbit. 
 
Lucky for us, Earth and the other planets were on the other side of the sun. But if the eruption Continue reading A Solar Superstorm Nearly Hit The Earth