NASA measures impact of huge solar flare on Earth's atmosphere
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 10:40
in Astronomy & Space
A key NASA instrument that can directly measure the impact of solar events on Earth's upper atmosphere has weighed in on the huge flare that impacted Earth last week.
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