Solar Storm

Earlier This week, Hurricane Ida swept through the southern US, hitting Louisiana and parts of Mississippi especially hard. The storm disabled the power grid across Louisiana, including heavily populated areas like New Orleans, and officials say it could be weeks before power is fully restored. It's not the first disaster…

Riders of the storm — Undersea cables would be hit especially hard by a coronal mass ejection. Lily Hay Newman, wired.com - Aug 29, 2021 10:05 am UTC Enlarge / Even if the power comes back after the next big solar storm, the Internet may not. Jean Claude Moschetti |…

Scientists have known for decades that an extreme solar storm, or coronal mass ejection, could damage electrical grids and potentially cause prolonged blackouts. The repercussions would be felt everywhere from global supply chains and transportation to internet and GPS access. Less examined until now, though, is the impact such a…

Rocket Labs will launch a NASA mission to Mars. The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission will orbit two Rocket Lab-built Photon spacecraft around Mars to understand the structure, composition, variability, and dynamics of Mars’ unique hybrid magnetosphere. The mission will also support crewed exploration programs like…

On May twenty-third nineteen sixty-seven, the US Air Force almost started a war. It was during the most intense part of the Cold War. On that day, the American Missile Warning System, designed to detect threats coming from the Soviet Union, suddenly stopped working. Radar stations at all sites in…

Solar storms emit harmful radiations, exposure to which is potentially harmful and can cause organ damage, radiation sickness and cancer. Edited By Chitresh Sehgal Updated: Jul 12, 2021, 06:15 PM IST A powerful solar storm, moving towards the Earth at a speed of 1.6 million kilometers per hour, may hit…

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Sunday, July 11, 2021, 12:59 New Delhi, July 11: A geomagnetic storm (also known as a solar storm) approaching the Earth at a speed of 1.6 million kilometers and this storm will hit the Earth either…

World 24 Jun, 2021 07:04 PM4 minutes to read The pigeons belonged to fanciers from all over the UK and were released in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Photo / Lynda Feringa, File Pigeon enthusiasts are appealing for help after 10,000 prized birds vanished into thin air during a race. Worried breeders fear…

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By Matthew Sparkes Reaching the moon might be harder later this decade NASA/JPL/USGS Solar storms that can injure or kill astronauts are more likely to occur at certain times of the solar cycle, a fact that should be considered during ongoing planning for humans to return to the moon, say…