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In Time for the 4th: Solar Fireworks?

Electrically charged particle belch could light up sky

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 3, 2012 3:48 AM CDT

(Newser) – The most intriguing fireworks tomorrow may already have been sparked 93 million miles from Earth. The sun yesterday belched out a major a M5.6-class solar flare—extremely close in power to a maximum X-class flare, notes Discovery. The flare from the large sunspot known...   Read full story »

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