Earth hit by radiation from rare 'double' X-class solar flare‚ triggering most powerful geomagnetic storm in 6 years
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Earth hit by radiation from rare 'double' X-class solar flare‚ triggering most powerful geomagnetic storm in 6 years

A recent X-class flare‚ which was split into two simultaneous explosions‚ launched a coronal mass ejection that smashed into Earth‚ triggering the most powerful disruption to our planet's magnetic field for more than six years.