A solar storm of charged particles which erupted two days ago hit the Earth today but did not cause any of the geomagnetic disruptions that scientists feared.
The storm, which scientists claimed to be the largest in five years, was triggered by a pair of solar flares early Tuesday and is growing like a giant soap bubble.
“The coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the R3 (Strong) Radio Blackout event from 0024 UTC March 7 (7:24 p.m. EST March 6) arrived at ACE at 1045 GMT today (15:15 IST),” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said.
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