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When The Sun Unleashed Its Plasma Blast This Week, Earth Got Lucky
• Damon Tabor via PopSci.comOn Tuesday, the biggest solar flare in four years erupted from the sun, sending a mass of charged particles hurtling towards Earth. NASA announced that it was an M-2 (medium-sized) flare and an S1-class (minor) radiation storm.