Huge solar eruption sparks strongest radiation storm in years!

HOUSTON, Texas - January 23, 2012 - A powerful solar eruption is expected to blast a stream of charged particles toward Earth tomorrow (Jan. 24), as the strongest radiation storm since 2005 rages on the sun.

Early this morning (Jan. 22 at 10:59 p.m. EDT), NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught an extreme ultraviolet flash from a huge eruption on the sun, according to the skywatching website Spaceweather.com.