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25. 10 2010 (06:10)

The Sun's passage through interstellar clouds can explain a number of anomalies in the geomagnetic record, say astrophysicists

When galactic cosmic rays enter the atmosphere, they smash into nuclei forming various kinds of exotic by-products. Astrophysicists think that beryllium-10, chlorine-36 and carbon-14 in particular are formed in this way.