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Earth Just Got Slammed By a Surprise Solar Flare. Why Didn’t Scientists See It Coming?

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Earth Just Got Slammed By a Surprise Solar Flare. Why Didn’t Scientists See It Coming?

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Space@mander.xyz · 7 months ago

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Scientists can usually spot coronal mass ejections before they affect Earth—but this one snuck past coronagraphs and satellites.

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Solar flares are made of charged particles (plasma), they travel at a speed much slower than the speed of light.

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