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What is space weather?
Space weather is caused mainly by storms and eruptions in our volatile Sun sending potentially dangerous radiation towards Earth. It also causes the spectacular “aurora” light displays that have awed so many in the polar regions — a beautiful show of radiation hitting Earth’s magnetic field. The Sun randomly and…
NASA tracks X-class solar flare many times larger than Earth
The sun burped on Monday, triggering a spectacular eruption many times larger than Earth that NASA cameras were fortunately able to track in exquisite detail. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory said the flare, recorded just after 11 p.m. EST, was the seventh “X-class” solar flare recorded this year. It hit a…
Strongest solar flare of the summer sparks widespread auroras
An X-class solar flare that erupted on July 12 but was initially thought to have affected the earth only weakly revealed its full power on Saturday night in the form of displays of the Northern Lights that stretched as far south as Colorado and Arkansas. In the southern hemisphere, auroras…
NASA releases video of Thursday’s massive solar flare
NASA said it detected a massive, x-class solar flare on Thursday that sent a coronal mass ejection spiraling toward Earth at over 850 miles per second. A full 24-hours later, the agency has made photos and a high definition video of the phenomenal cosmic event available online. A previous solar flare earlier…
NASA: Solar storms possible after Monday’s massive solar flare
U.S. space agency NASA warned this week that a massive solar flare recorded on Monday could cause spectacular auroras on Earth as soon as Wednesday. Video published by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the flare in multiple wavelengths jetting out from a sunspot on July 2. The agency said that…
Flights rerouted as massive solar storm slams Earth
WASHINGTON — Solar radiation from a massive sun storm — the largest in nearly a decade — collided with the Earth’s atmosphere, prompting an airline to reroute flights and skywatchers to seek out spectacular light displays. US carrier Delta Air Lines said it had adjusted flight routes for transpolar journeys…
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