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Biggest solar storm since 2005 | Watts Up With That?

From NASA: The coronal mass ejection CME collided with Earth's magnetic field a little after 10 AM ET on January 24, 2012. The influx of particles from the CME amplified the solar radiation storm such that it is now considered the largest since ... more

Holy crap, solar storm! | Grist

(Sort of. It's a false-color composite of some UV photography of what the sun looks like right now. But it's still pretty rad.) That up there in the upper right corner is the biggest solar storm in seven years, and a coronal mass ejection from this flare ... more