The Strange Case Of Solar Flares And Radioactive Elements

[Moontanman]

The strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements

 

 

When researchers found an unusual linkage between solar flares and the inner life of radioactive elements on Earth, it touched off a scientific detective investigation that could end up protecting the lives of space-walking astronauts and maybe rewriting some of the assumptions of physics.

 

 

It's a mystery that presented itself unexpectedly: The radioactive decay of some elements sitting quietly in laboratories on Earth seemed to be influenced by activities inside the sun, 93 million miles away.

 

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/sun-082310.html