Sun Unleashes Another Solar Storm Aimed at Earth

Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 17:00 in Astronomy & Space

The sun fired off an intense solar storm at Earth Wednesday (Aug. 21) — the second in two days — hurtling billions of tons of charged particles at our planet, but should not pose a threat to people on the ground, NASA says. See what happened.

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