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On March 15th, 2024, the Sun released a powerful solar flare that coincided with a heightened period of solar activity. This was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME), a massive cloud of solar ...

A tree-ringed African lake has yielded a record of Earth's magnetic field spanning the past 150,000 years.

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This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future ...