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NASA Captures Spectacular Solar Storm

Huge flare could have swallowed several Earths

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 6, 2012 5:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – The sun spat out a solar flare big enough to swallow the Earth several times over last week and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the amazing sight. The filament, resembling a massive "solar whip," was ejected at 900 miles per second during...   Read full story »

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