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Strongest Solar Radiation Storm Since September 2005 Could Reach Earth Today

The sun erupted late on January 22, 2012 with an M8.7 class flare, an earth-directed coronal mass ejection, and a burst of fast moving, highly energetic protons known as a "solar energetic particle" event.

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