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In 1909, Abraham Lincoln took over the front for the rest of its life. 0.900

Simplified: Abraham Lincoln's image appeared on the front of the penny starting in 1909.

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Its parent was Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, who was the chief author of the Coinage Act, which birthed the penny and its siblings. 0.900

Simplified: Alexander Hamilton created the Coinage Act, which led to the creation of the penny.

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The American penny was born in 1793 in Philadelphia. 0.900

Simplified: The American penny was created in 1793 in Philadelphia.

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The American penny was preceded in death by its smaller sibling, the half cent (1793-1857), and its cousin the Canadian penny (1858-2012). 0.900

Simplified: The half cent (1793-1857) and the Canadian penny (1858-2012) died before the American penny.

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The final pennies were minted on Wednesday afternoon in Philadelphia. 0.900

Simplified: The last pennies were minted on Wednesday in Philadelphia.

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Moreover, the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents, a financial absurdity that doomed the coin. 0.900

Simplified: It cost more than 3 cents to mint a penny.

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The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. 0.900

👤 Treasury Department

Simplified: The Treasury Department said the penny's death was due to irrelevance and high cost.

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The penny, the going rate for one’s thoughts but not much else, died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. 0.900

Simplified: The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia.

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The scheduled launch on Thursday of a satellite operated by Viasat, a global communications company, is still on — for now. 0.800

Simplified: Viasat satellite launch is scheduled for Thursday, but uncertain.

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During geomagnetic storms, NASA and other agencies that track satellites and space debris lose timely information that has to be reacquired before it is safe for any spacecraft to take off, Dr. Baker... 0.900

👤 Dr. Baker

Simplified: Dr. Baker said NASA loses info during geomagnetic storms, delaying launches.

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Activity from the British Geological Survey, the activity could cause “potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.” 0.900

👤 British Geological Survey

Simplified: British Geological Survey says activity could cause largest solar storm in over two decades.

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But the amount of risk a satellite experiences during a geomagnetic storm depends on the altitude of the satellite’s orbit, according to Kerri Cahoy, an engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech... 0.900

👤 Kerri Cahoy

Simplified: Kerri Cahoy says satellite risk during storms depends on orbital altitude.

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Scores of satellites circling the Earth were also threatened. 0.900

Simplified: Many satellites orbiting Earth were threatened.

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Two of those compounded and hit Earth’s atmosphere on Tuesday, creating a risk of radio blackouts, power grid disruptions and aircraft reroutes. 0.900

Simplified: Two CMEs hit Earth on Tuesday, risking radio blackouts and power disruptions.

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Three coronal mass ejections fired off the sun on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. 0.900

Simplified: Three coronal mass ejections occurred from Sunday to Tuesday.

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According to Dr. Baker, the phase after a peak is often when flares, explosions and other solar activity become most prevalent. 0.900

👤 Dr. Baker

Simplified: Dr. Baker says solar activity is most prevalent after a peak.

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Activity from the sun, which ebbs and flows on an 11-year cycle, reached a peak last year. 0.900

Simplified: Solar activity peaks every 11 years; the last peak was last year.

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History points to these compound C.M.E.s and overlapping storms as being the most significant for space weather effects,” said Daniel Baker, a scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Laborat... 0.900

👤 Daniel Baker

Simplified: Daniel Baker said compound CMEs are the most significant for space weather effects.

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They caused gorgeous light shows in night skies that may again be visible on Wednesday night into Thursday morning. 0.800

Simplified: The ejections caused auroras visible from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.

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On Tuesday, two blasts of solar material, made by a pair of powerful coronal mass ejections — giant explosions from the sun’s surface that spew streams of charged particles — crashed into the Earth’s... 0.900

Simplified: Two coronal mass ejections hit Earth's magnetosphere on Tuesday.

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