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Solar flare reaches us, but wait – there’s more [shorties]

Mihai Andrei by Mihai Andrei
March 8, 2012
in Space
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The solar flare is here! Today, Thursday, at about 5:45 a.m. Eastern time, the geomagnetic storm that arose from the surface of the Sun as a result of a massive solar flare reached our planet’s atmosphere.

So far, the storm has been quite a dud, with researchers and amateur astronomers all over the world reporting the “impact was weaker than expected,” causing only a “mild” geomagnetic storm. Still, scientists warn there might be more to come, and the storm could intensify in hours to come.

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Severe magnetic storms can wreak all sorts of havoc, forcing airplanes to reroute, affecting local power grids and GPS users.

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However, despite the intensity of the solar flare, which was the biggest since 2006, the magnetic storm “has had no impact on the bulk power system”, according to US authorities.

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