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A violent solar storm earlier this year did more than paint the polar skies with auroras. It also triggered a sharp, highly unusual surge of energetic protons that briefly flooded low Earth orbit, and ...

The European Space Agency's Swarm mission detected a large but temporary spike of high-energy protons at Earth's poles during a geomagnetic storm in November. It did this not with the scientific ...

The European Space Agency’s Swarm mission detected an unexpected spike in high-energy protons over Earth’s poles during a geomagnetic storm in November. This temporary surge in proton levels, though ...