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On July 23, 2012, two giant clouds of charged particles from the sun narrowly missed the earth! These emissions, called Coronal Mass Ejections, are capable of destroying the earth’s magnetic field and frying communication lines. It would cause widespread blackouts. Though strong solar storms are not rare, because of more ...

Planet Earth is in the news. Have you ever heard of pole shift? The magnetic field around our world is weakening in some places, an indication that magnetic north could become magnetic south. This is something that, according to scientists, has happened several other times in history. The earth is ...