In early 2009, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope observed an unprecedented solar storm emanating from a distant neutron star with gigantic columns of magnetized flares stretching thousands of miles into space—only the third time such an eruption had been observed. Five years later, NASA boffins think they've figured out what's triggered it.Read more...
"starquakes" May Be The Reason Behind Massive Solar Eruptions
Andrew Tarantola, Gizmodo
Thu, 10/23/2014 - 3:15pm
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