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Stars and solar physics

Stars and solar physics

Ice cores reveal huge solar storm struck Earth around 660 BC

12 Mar 2019 Hamish Johnston
Solar flare
Star burst: a solar flare as seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. (Courtesy: NASA/SDO)
An intense blast of high-energy protons from the Sun pummelled the Earth in about 660 BC and left a

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