marți, 7 iunie 2011

'Dramatic' solar flare could disrupt Earth communications











- WASHINGTON — An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory on Tuesday could cause some disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth over the next day or so, officials said. Full story:

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