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Here’s the Tech That Got Hit by This Weekend’s Solar Storm
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On Friday, Earth was hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in 20 years. Intense solar activity sent bursts of radiation ...
A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and the internet – an electrical engineer explains how
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On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving ...