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Sun-Earth Day 2010: Ancient Mysteries, Future Discoveries

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Sun Watchers Through Time

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NASA Fact

The most powerful solar flare in the last 500 years occurred on September 2, 1859 and was sighted by two astronomers who happened to be looking at the sun at exactly the right time!