Tagged: The sun

3:38pm

Tue January 24, 2012
The Two-Way

Massive solar storm causes planes to be rerouted

Originally published on Tue January 24, 2012 12:47 pm

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You might have heard about a major solar storm that is hitting Earth right now. It's the biggest to hit us since 2005. You've also probably heard a few pople say, "I didn't feel anything."

As our friends at 13.7 explained earlier today, the storms have the ability to disrupt sensitive electronics and even the power grid. Usually none of those things happen. But, today's solar storm did cause a bit of disruption.

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