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We’re Underestimating the Power of ‘One-in-a-Thousand-Year’ Solar Storms, NASA Warns

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Per io9, a NASA Goddard-led study found persistent errors in past measurements of extreme geomagnetic storms—rare events that might not strike Earth again for centuries. The flawed historical data means we've been significantly underestimating how severe these solar storms can actually be.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/were-underestimating-the-power-of-one...

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