Atmosphere acts as heat shield for solar storms. New data from a NASA spacecraft confirm that a region of the Earth's upper... [spacetoday.net]

Interesting, as debris form solar storms impact the upper magnetosphere, they create electricity that in turn interferes with the functioning of satellites.

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[The Shifted Librarian]

Note to self.

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