1967 solar storm nearly took US to brink of war

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 11:51 in Astronomy & Space

A solar storm that jammed radar and radio communications at the height of the Cold War could have led to a disastrous military conflict if not for the U.S. Air Force's budding efforts to monitor the sun's activity, a new study finds.

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