Solar 'superflare' shredded Earth's ozone
- 19:33 23 March 2007
- NewScientist.com news service
- Kelly Young
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A solar flare much more massive than this one tore apart much of the ozone in Earth's stratosphere in 1859 (Image: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)
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