FW: Sickening Solar Flares

["George J. Vargo" <vargo@physicist.net>]

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Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 15:12

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Subject: Sickening Solar Flares





NASA Science News for January 27, 2005



The biggest solar proton storm in 15 years erupted last week. Here on Earth,

we were safe, protected by our planet's thick atmosphere and magnetic field.

But what would have happened to an astronaut in space?

NASA researchers have the answer.



FULL STORY at



http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/27jan_solarflares.htm?list131776





Science@NASA stories are available in Spanish at our sister site,

Ciencia@NASA <http://ciencia.nasa.gov/>.



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