Crack Detected in Earth’s Magnetic Shield, Causing Supercharged Aurora Borealis, Radio Signal Blackouts In High Latitude Countries

The GRAPES-3 moun telescope located the Cosmic Ray Laboratory (CRL) in Ooty, India recorded a massive burst of galactic cosmic rays about 20 GeV, on 22 June 2015. Report says the burst lasted for 2 hours and it temporarily caused a severe compression of Earth’s magnetosphere from 11 to 4 times the radius of Earth,…

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4 thoughts on “Crack Detected in Earth’s Magnetic Shield, Causing Supercharged Aurora Borealis, Radio Signal Blackouts In High Latitude Countries — Sparkonit”

I read about this too! I want to say “cool” from a science perspective … but I’m not sure if it’s a good thing outside of that.

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November 6, 2016 at 3:14 am

foguth

I totally agree with you. The scientific aspect fascinates me, but I am also very concerned about what this could mean for our future.

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November 6, 2016 at 3:48 pm

My husband will enjoy this, thanks for sharing.

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November 5, 2016 at 11:22 pm

foguth

As long as it doesn’t do anything lethal, it is very interesting.

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November 6, 2016 at 5:51 pm

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