Solar storms could expose holiday-makers to ‘a month’s worth of radiation in one hour’

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Most people board planes to get away to somewhere hot and sunny – but they might be exposed to the wrong kind of sunshine.

University of Surrey researchers have found that solar storms could expose airline passengers and crew to dangerous amounts of radiation.

The team’s study, published in the Journal of Space Weather and Sp...

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