Solar Storm

By Dr. Tony Phillips 99 years ago this week, people around the world woke up to some unusual headlines. “Telegraph Service Prostrated, Comet Not to Blame” — declared the Los Angeles Times on May 15, 1921. “Electrical Disturbance is ‘Worst Ever Known’” — reported the Chicago Daily Tribune. “Sunspot credited…

05/15/2020No sunspots appeared last week. The previous seven days had only one big sunspot group on one day, with a sunspot number of 35. Over the seven-day period this averaged out to a sunspot number of 5, so average daily sunspot numbers declined from 5 to 0 this week. Average…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the season finale of 9-1-1. The worlds of 9-1-1 and its spin-off 9-1-1: Lone Star are set to collide after showrunner Tim Minear told Deadline that he’s now plotting crossover episodes of the emergency dramas. This comes after the explosive season finale of 9-1-1…

As we approach the age of Artemis, there is a question that looms over the next decade. Could future astronauts really be hanging out on the moon just like they float around on the ISS for months at a time right now? Shirley Dyke thinks so. As the head of…

"This is a seismic event in United States history that will be recalled for generations to come." – historian David Brinkley Christians, Jews and Muslims all venerate the Old Testament prophet Samuel. As a boy he said a prayer I repeat almost daily: "Speak, Lord, for your servant listens" (1…

What future awaits the Sun? By Ângela R. G. Santos, Savita Mathur Science01 May 2020 : 466-467 Stellar data question the notion that the Sun is stemming its magnetic activity cycle Read More

COVID-19’s exponential growth has already offered the public a crash course in numeracy. It is also proving to be a crash test for systemic risk. While it is too soon for the final verdict, it is already clear that the U.S., not only its current leadership, will need a significant…

If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it is that delaying prudent policymaking does not merely result in higher marginal costs down the road. Rather, it puts us on an entirely different trajectory – one that all too easily can end in catastrophe. NEW YORK – COVID-19’s exponential growth has already…

SEATTLE, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Project Genesis, a team-based space combat FPS genre mashup, will postpone their Steam Early Access date to May 22, 2020, to accommodate additional features and fix critical issues.A sci-fi online multiplayer game, Project Genesis fuses two unique game genres into one seamless synchronous experience: player-vs-player…

Perceiving the dangers, then spending the necessary money, then justifying that spend, is not easy. It takes a lot of forethought. As you have mentioned there are a fair few catastrophes that could not only cause a Global meltdown, but the end of life as we know it and are…