Solar flare surprise

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 10:21 in Astronomy & Space

Solar flares are the most powerful explosions in the solar system. Packing a punch equal to a hundred million hydrogen bombs, they obliterate everything in their immediate vicinity. Not a single atom should remain intact. At least that's how it's supposed to work...

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