A recent cosmic burst cracked the Earth's magnetic field wide open
Artist's interpretation of the Earth's magnetosphere deflecting cosmic rays (Shutterstock.com)
November 05, 2016
Lola Gayle, STEAM Register On June 22, 2015, a burst of galactic cosmic rays was recorded by the GRAPES-3 muon telescope located at TIFR's Cosmic Ray Laboratory in Ooty. That burst of rays occurred when the sun let loose a giant cloud of plasma that struck our planet at a speed of roughly 2.5 million kilometers…