Solar Storm

Reuters / Antonio Parrinello Deutsche Bank this week published a somewhat bizarre research note speculating on a series of potentially catastrophic events it says could befall the global economy in the next decade. The bank said in a note Tuesday that there is a 33% chance at least one of…

A commercial space exploration company has been tapped to conduct a study into the possibility of providing early detection for solar events that can disrupt power grids and communications on earth. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the study to Seattle-based Xplore Inc.Solar storms can wreak havoc on…

New 'sun clock' predicts when Earth's star will wake from its slumber, helping experts prepare for extreme space weather events that knock out power grids and satellitesThe sun is currently sleeping, but experts say an awakening is imminent When it wakes, it will increase solar activity and create extreme space weather Scientists have…

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To protect astronauts and satellites from dangerous and disruptive solar radiation, space weather forecasters need to pay closer attention to the speed of solar eruptions as they approach Earth, researchers say. Solar storms are caused by solar phenomena called coronal mass ejections. According to a new study, published this week…

Could a new 'Sun clock' help predict dangerous space weather? Getty Our Sun is asleep, but it may be waking-up—and a new “Sun clock” will tell us when that’s going to occur.  Why do we need to know? Solar storms—and their effect on our technology-dominated world. Our star has an…

This project first appeared in Make: Vol 72. Subscribe now to make sure you don’t miss out on any of our awesome builds. Our dependence on electricity has made the entire world vulnerable to an existential threat. That threat is what might occur should there be a prolonged cutoff of…

Eye of the space storm: Calculating the speed of solar eruptions could help protect astronauts and satellites from deadly radiation, scientists claimCoronal mass ejections travel through space and disturb Earth's magnetic fieldSpace weather forecasters focus on the size of these ejections in predictionsResearchers say knowing the speed and arrival time…

NEONRobert Carlyle stars as a British prime minister facing a national crisis in Cobra.At this time of crisis, the BBC’s new drama Cobra is well timed, to say the least. No, it’s not about a pandemic such as Covid-19. Rather, the threat here is an imminent solar storm that threatens…

When “Brockmire” creator Joel Church-Cooper decided to push his IFC satire about a disgraced sports announcer 10 years into the future for its fourth and final season, which began airing in March, star Hank Azaria had doubts.“I was a little skeptical of going there,” says Azaria. “He was imagining where…