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Solar storm
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<p>A solar storm is a disturbance on the <a href="/facts/Sun/CadPCVHh">Sun</a>, which can emanate outward across the <a href="/facts/Heliosphere/Yc9ToWbA">heliosphere</a>, affecting the entire <a href="/facts/Solar_System/QIcLSazQ">Solar System</a>, including <a href="/facts/Earth/HLLmDfj0">Earth</a> and its <a href="/facts/Magnetosphere/BXzgPoPy">magnetosphere</a>, and is the cause of <a href="/facts/Space_weather/FfwUCv2G">space weather</a> in the short-term with long-term patterns comprising <a href="/facts/Space_climate/UonASX9I">space climate</a>. </p>