Solar Storm

Devastating solar storms are much more common than previously believed, warn scientists... and Earth is in the cross hairs

Guest post by Paul Dorian A modern solar flare recorded December 5, 2006, by the X-ray Imager onboard NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite. The flare was so intense that it actually damaged the instrument that took the picture. Researchers believe Carrington’s solar fla…

After giving us some of the best meteor showers and moon events of the year, August is closing with its greatest spectacle yet. As Forbes reports, the northern lights will be visible over several northern U.S. states in the lower 48 this weekend, including Ma…

Hey there Kickers! How's your life going? I'm flying to South Africa tomorrow for a long overdue holiday. I will be there next weekend as well and I will not have my laptop with me. There will be no update next week. I will be in Durban taking photos of…

A strong solar storm over Labor Day weekend brought the northern lights farther south than usual, and it may have included something different than the aurora: a solar visitor dubbed STEVE .  Researchers discovered STEVE, short for the Strong Thermal Emissi…

Tuesday. A nice day off and we're into the week. What'd you do with your day off (assuming you had one?). I finally did make that cake. So, that was fun. Now to get through a relatively quick week and get back to the weekend. To help speed things along,…

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2 Sept 1859: The Carrington Event

The Polyhedron Collider Cast Episode 68 - Sagrada, Quacks of Quedlinburg and Solar Storm

The National Weather Service Space Prediction Center has issued a warning of a G2 solar event for this weekend. This means that it could be possible to see the aurora borealis farther south than normal on Saturday and Sunday. While viewing the northern lights…