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    #110: Geomagnetic Storms

    July 28th, 2020 · 9 minutes

    From time to time, the sun ejects plasma into space. If those particles hit Earth, some bad, bad things can happen.

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    Liftoff #6: The Sun - Relay FM
    Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) - Wikipedia
    Geomagnetic storm - Wikipedia
    September 1859 geomagnetic storm - Wikipedia