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  • Sun Has Largest Eruption In Four Years

    Sun Has Largest Eruption In Four Years

    NASA said on Tuesday that the sun unleashed the biggest solar flare in four years. The NOAA GOES satellite measured an X6.9 flare on August 9, 2011 at 3:48 a.m. EDT The bursts of radiation cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to harm humans on the ground, but it can disrupt GPS and communications signal, according to NASA.

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