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A 2012 solar storm narrowly missed causing trillions in damage

A massive 2012 solar storm missed Earth by just over a week, which could have caused up to $3 trillion in damages.

Solar storms have influenced our history – an environmental historian explains how they could also threaten our future

From communications outages to a brush with nuclear war, solar events like flares and coronal mass ejections have shaped ...