Solar eruption to reach Earth within three days

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Submission + - Solar eruption to reach Earth within three days (space.com)

Submitted by rastos1 on Friday August 23, 2013 @06:14AM

rastos1 writes: The solar eruption, called a coronal mass ejection, occurred yesterday at 1:24 a.m. EDT (0524 GMT) and sent charged particles streaking outward at 380 miles per second. That's just over 1.3 million mph (2.2 million km/h). The solar fallout from the sun storm is expected to reach Earth within the next three days. Interestingly an unnamed icy comet from the outer solar system dove into the sun and disintegrated nearly a the same time.

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