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Space: Mystery Surrounds Solar Flare Event
Are mysterious particles shooting through Earth during solar flare events? Enough to disrupt the decay rate of radioactive material previously assumed to be constant? Discovery News' Ian O'Neill explains why scientists think that may be the case.
Added: Aug 27, 2010
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