Sun delivered curveball of powerful radiation at Earth
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 15:00
in Astronomy & Space
A potent follow-up solar flare, which occurred Friday (Jan. 17, 2012), just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection (CME) seen in nearly a decade, delivered a powerful radiation punch to Earth's magnetic field despite the fact that it was aimed away from our planet.