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Alarming Study Finds New Evidence That the Sun Can Produce Catastrophic ‘Superflares’

These explosive events can be more powerful than trillions of hydrogen bombs.

Alarming Study Finds New Evidence That the Sun Can Produce Catastrophic ‘Superflares’

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