Solar Blob Attacks the Earth!
you are bound to want to read this article from time.com. This article describes the sun's ejection of a hot blob of charged particles into space. The sun is in the peak of an 11 year cycle of solar flares, blotchy sunspots, and brighter light. Usually this is not a concern to us earth bound citizens but this blob was directed at the earth at a million miles per hour. If this blob had hit the electro magnetic field surrounding the earth it would create a geomagnetic storm which would disrupt satellite and radio communication and could cause massive blackouts. This blob however did no damage at all. However the sun is still in the peak of this irregular activity so we could see more of these blobs and solar tornadoes which send more of these charged particles toward our planet.
This article with such a jarring title was very anti climactic and the author, Michael Lemonick acknowledges that toward the end of the article. This article, discussing lofty solar science, clearly explained the phenomenon that is occurring. Not exactly objective the article did include some of Lemonick's opinions but it gave this scientific piece a voice that is usually absent from such pieces. If this were a threatening issue this opinion would have been unnecessary but when confronting such a casual issue it made this uneventful article more interesting to read.
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