Fastest Space Storm on Record

The first of an unprecedented series of powerful solar storms that punished Earth in 2003 is now at the edge of the solar system. That's 8 billion miles (13 billion kilometers) away!



Scientists monitored the storms' progress with spacecraft arrayed between Earth and the edge of the solar system.

But the storms remained strong clear out to the giant planets and beyond. One disrupted the magnetic fields of both Jupiter and Saturn, creating fresh localized storms similar to those that strike Earth in the hours after initial eruptions.

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