Beware of the flare: Giant solar storm heads to earth
(multimedia) Massive storm may disrupt power, GPS and radio systems.
Category: CME
Sun fires off 2 huge solar flares, could impact weather on Earth
The sun unleashed a cosmic double whammy Tuesday, March 6, erupting with two major flares to cap a busy day of powerful solar storms. One of the flares is the most powerful solar eruption...
Active Region on the Sun Spits Out Three Flares
On March 2, 2012 a new active region on the sun, region 1429, rotated into view. It has let loose two M-class flares and one X-class so far. The M-class flares erupted on March...
Five Solar Eruptions in 2 Days
The weak CME impact on February 26, 2012 did cause some aurora in high latitude locations after a modest start. The above image was captured over Muonio, Finland late last night, a gorgeous ending...
Sun points a loaded gun at us
As solar activity builds toward an expected peak in 2013, a double-barreled sunspot has been doubling in size over the past couple of days and now has the potential to shoot significant eruptions in...
Earth’s Energy Budget Remained Out of Balance Despite Unusually Low Solar Activity
A new NASA study underscores the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity — not changes in solar activity — are the primary force driving global warming. The study offers an updated calculation...
The USGS Monitors Earth’s Magnetic Field to Prepare Citizens for Magnetic Storms
Everyone is familiar with weather systems on Earth like rain, wind and snow. But space weather – variable conditions in the space surrounding Earth – has important consequences for our lives inside Earth’s atmosphere....
Space Weather Center to Add World’s First ‘Ensemble Forecasting’ Capability
After years of relative somnolence, the sun is beginning to stir. By the time it’s fully awake in about 20 months, the team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., charged with...
Delta reroutes planes following massive solar eruption
Radiation from an immense solar blast hit the Earth Tuesday — forcing Delta Air Lines to redirect at least half a dozen airplanes that had been routed over the North Pole. NOAA’s Space Weather...
Huge Solar Eruption Sparks Strongest Radiation Storm in 7 Years
A powerful solar eruption is expected to blast a stream of charged particles toward Earth tomorrow (Jan. 24), as the strongest radiation storm since 2005 rages on the sun. Early this morning (0359 GMT...
