Solar Storm

A huge solar storm is playing out, delivering an incredible light show in parts of the world — experts say Australians will see it next. A huge solar storm is putting on a show, and Australia is next in line to see it. The storm, which has created a Northern…

    | Published: Sunday, September 12, 2021, 9:28 Can we imagine a week or even a day without the internet? Without internet for even a few hours, we tend to feel disconnected. But now, a scientist has warned that a solar superstorm is heading towards Earth and could lead…

Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of life If you want to get to the end of this story then read it quickly because a new study has warned that once-in-a-century solar storm could plunge the world into an “internet apocalypse”. Once in about 80-100 years, due…

Home News Appliances (Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center) Scientists have long been concerned about the effects of a massive solar storm on our planet's electronic infrastructure, but a new study explores how, with less than a day's notice, a strong enough solar storm could cut off entire continents…

Home News A solar storm, or coronal mass ejection (CME), erupts from the sun in August 2012. (Image credit: NASA Goddard) The sun is always showering Earth with a mist of magnetized particles known as solar wind. For the most part, our planet's magnetic shield blocks this electric wind from…

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…