Big solar storm heading toward Earth
(CNN) — This is not your usual weather forecast. Big storms are brewing. Your umbrella won’t help, but you might want to keep a flashlight handy. These storms are coming from the sun. It’s...
Category: CME
Earth’s magnetic field is weakening 10 times faster
Earth’s magnetic field, which protects the planet from huge blasts of deadly solar radiation, has been weakening over the past six months, according to data collected by a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite array...
NASA spots square-shaped ‘hole’ in the Sun
NASA spots square-shaped ‘hole’ in the Sun A NASA spacecraft has made a surprising find on the surface of the sun: a square-shaped “hole” in the star’s outer atmosphere. The dark square on the...
Scientists say destructive solar blasts narrowly missed Earth in 2012
(Reuters) – Fierce solar blasts that could have badly damaged electrical grids and disabled satellites in space narrowly missed Earth in 2012, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. The bursts would have wreaked havoc on...
Sun unleashes monster solar flare, biggest of 2014
The sun fired off a major solar flare late Tuesday, making it the most powerful sun eruption of the year so far and one of the strongest in recent years. The massive X4.9-class solar...
Sun releases first X class flare of 2014
Sun releases first X class flare of 2014 NASA reports the first significant solar flare of 2014. The flare, which occurred at 1:32 p.m. EST on Tuesday Jan. 7, is listed as a X1.2-class....
Sun ‘flips upside down’ while reversing magnetic poles
The sun has undergone a “complete field reversal,” with its north and south poles changing places as it marks the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24. “A reversal of the sun’s magnetic field is, literally,...
NASA | Alex Young Interview About Our Sun’s Magnetic Flip
Alex Young is interviewed about the current solar cycle and what a magnetic flip means for the earth and NASA’s study of magnetic fields.
Sun expected to ‘flip upside down’ as magnetic field reverses its polarity
Sun expected to ‘flip upside down’ as magnetic field reverses its polarity The sun’s magnetic field is about to flip upside down as it reverses its polarity. In August Nasa said the reversal would...
