How Solar Flares Affect Earth (VIDEO)

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A team of scientists investigated a connection between solar flares and Earth's atmosphere. They discovered pulses in the electrified layer of the atmosphere -- called the ionosphere -- mirrored X-ray oscillations during a July 24, 2016, flare. Download in HD: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12640

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein

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