Who Knew?

SURFING THE JET STREAM REDUCES AVIATION RADIATION: 

Last weekend, British Airways Flight 112 made headlines when it flew from New York to London in less than 5 hours, smashing the speed record for subsonic flight. It did it by surfing the jet stream. The plane's early arrival had an unintended benefit: Passengers absorbed significantly fewer cosmic rays. Surfing the jet stream, it turns out, is a good way to manage aviation radiation. Read the full story on Spaceweather.com.

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Space Weather News for Feb. 13, 2020
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