SASQUATCH
01-31-2012, 01:28 PM
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/01/120127-active-sun-solar-flares-space-junk-cleaning-earth-science/?source=hp_dl2_news_sun20120128
The recent uptick in solar flares and other activity on the sun could one daycripple satellites (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/09/110920-sun-megastorm-satellites-space-weather-science/) or knock out power grids (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/08/110803-solar-flare-storm-electricity-grid-risk/) on Earth. But in the meantime, the solar maelstrom has been helping to clear out space junk (http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/orbital/), NASA scientists report.
The recent uptick in solar flares and other activity on the sun could one daycripple satellites (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/09/110920-sun-megastorm-satellites-space-weather-science/) or knock out power grids (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/08/110803-solar-flare-storm-electricity-grid-risk/) on Earth. But in the meantime, the solar maelstrom has been helping to clear out space junk (http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/orbital/), NASA scientists report.