Typical amounts of solar particles hitting the earth’s magnetosphere can be beautiful, but too much could be catastrophic.
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Every few centuries the sun blasts the Earth with a huge amount of high-energy particles. If it were to happen today, it would wreak havoc on technology.
A white-tailed deer crossing a road in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Martin Mayer
Sat-navs could one day warn motorists when they drive through high-risk areas.
Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, with advanced navigation equipment mounted above the cockpit.
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Eight decades after missing aviator Amelia Earhart was declared dead, technologies still don’t quite track every airplane all over the globe.