Solar Storms Season Heating Up
thewatchers Sunspots — cooler regions fraught with intense magnetic fields — now regularly dot the surface of the sun, and the star has unleashed several powerful flares in recent months, including a...
View ArticleNASA issues warning of solar superstorm 2012: One billion could die
helium Could a superstorm generated by the sun destroy civilization as we know it in 2012? No less than NASA thinks it’s a distinct possibility. In a remarkable move the normally conservative US space...
View ArticleSolar storms may wreak havoc on Earth in 2013: Scientists
hindustantimes The intensity of solar storms is expected to peak in 2013 and may devastate critical infrastructure like satellite communications, navigation systems and electrical transmission...
View ArticleSolar Threat: We’ll Have Minutes to Respond; Government Plans Controlled...
shtfplan While many will claim that solar storms are an unrealistic threat to our world, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom aren’t taking any chances. According to a report put...
View ArticleNASA warns of global catastrophe post upcoming ‘huge space storm’
thehindu NASA has warned of a once-in-a-lifetime ‘space storm’ after the sun wakes ‘from a deep slumber’ sometime around 2013, causing ‘20 times more economic damage than Hurricane Katrina’. Senior...
View ArticleSolar storm headed toward Earth may disrupt power
yahoo WASHINGTON (AP) — The largest solar flare in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. The...
View ArticleWho’s ready for a solar super storm? Not us, emergency officials warn
floridatoday.com Satellite captures giant eruption from sun: NASA’s solar orbiter captured an enormous eruption from the sun today, Space.com reports. Jim Waymer | FLORIDA TODAY This visually...
View ArticleHuge SUNSPOT 1476 poses a threat(Video)
spaceweather.com BIG SUNSPOT: One of the largest sunspot groups in years rotated over the sun’s northeastern limb this weekend. With a least four dark cores larger than Earth, AR1476 sprawls more than...
View ArticleMysterious Solar Phenomenon We May Have To Worry About
messagetoeagle MessageToEagle.com – Coronal cavities are voids in coronal emission often observed above high latitude filament channels. Sometimes, these cavities have areas of bright X-ray emission in...
View ArticleSolar Flare Disrupts Radio Waves On Earth
inquisitr.com A solar flare drowned out radio communications on Earth on February 2. The relatively “tiny” sun spot erupted into a moderately sized Class-C coronal mass ejection. The sound of the waves...
View ArticleEarth Needs Better Preparation For Massive Solar Storm, Scientist Says
huffingtonpost.com Policy makers in the U.S. need to get serious about the threat posed by solar storms. So says Dr. Daniel Baker, a University of Colorado solar scientist with significant expertise in...
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