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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Sun Strom

The biggest solar storm in five years is battering our planet exactly at this time, and may perhaps cause disruptions to satellites, power grids and communications networks larger than the then 24 hours, universe weather experts say.

Two strong solar flares erupted from the go up of the sun behind Tuesday (March 6), blasting a wave of plasma and charged particles just before Earth. After speeding through universe on 4 million mph, this eruption of material — called a coronal bulk discharge (CME) — must be hitting Earth at this time.