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Explained | How solar storms that caused pretty auroras can create havoc with technology

Around May 8, an active region of the Sun exploded, flinging a billion-tonne cloud of magnetised and electrically charged material known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) towards the Earth. This turned out to be the first of several successive CMEs, which later merged to form a single, massive structure.
Last Updated : 16 May 2024, 08:27 IST

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Published 16 May 2024, 08:27 IST

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