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Solar flares: Be glad you're on Earth, not Mars

NASA reports that two massive solar flares erupted from the sun on Tuesday which are expected to hit Earth this morning—and they could affect power, communication and GPS systems. The recent solar flares provide a dramatic backdrop for a study that shows Mars gets far more of its atmosphere stripped away by solar storms than [...]

Solar flares: Be glad you're on Earth, not Mars

Some experts were worried that unusually large solar flares might trigger storms in the atmosphere that would wreak havoc with global electronics. Those storms have the potential to disable power grids and computer chips in everything from 98.5 The Sports Hub's Michael Felger gives his thoughts on Thursday's Solar Flares, and what they could mean [...]

Solar flares: Earth hit by biggest space storm in almost seven years

Radiation from the largest solar flare in six years will be hitting planet Earth today. This, of course, means that many of us will be getting new super A warning released by the Space Weather Prediction Center of NOAA said that a solar flare was detected Sunday night which peaked at 7.59 p.m. Pacific time. [...]