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Near Miss: The Solar Superstorm of July 2012
July 23, 2014: If an asteroid big enough to knock modern civilization back to the 18th century appeared out of deep space and buzzed the Earth-Moon system, the near-miss would be instant worldwide headline news.
Two years ago, Earth experienced a close shave just as perilous, but most newspapers didn t mention it. The impactor was an extreme solar storm, the most powerful in as much as 150+ years.
If it had hit, we would still be picking up the pieces, says Daniel Baker of the University of Colorado. 
A ScienceCast video recounts the near-miss of a solar superstorm in July 2012.  Play it ....

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