Measurements of energetic particles from an unusually strong solar flare that pummeled Earth early this year suggest that astronauts traveling or working in space might sometimes need to reach shelter within minutes of a warning.
The Jan. 20 episode was the last and most powerful event in a 6-day series of flares (SN: 2/12/05, p.
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