Solar Storm

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods— a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from “JWR”. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats and to be better prepared for both disasters…

Preface. What follows is the testimony of Dr. Pry at a 2015 U.S. House of Representatives session. I have cut, shortened, and rearranged the order of the 30 page original document.  The electric grid is coming down one way or another in the future.  Without natural gas, wind and solar…

tech2 News StaffApr 10, 2020 09:35:24 ISTSolar winds, released by the Sun, might hit the Earth from 10 to 11 April. However, worry not, the Earth has its shield in place and the winds should not have any negative effects on the life on the planet. This was reported by…

Every once in a while, science gives us a mystery that comes as a complete surprise. Typically, when we slice open a tree and examine its rings, we discover three different forms of carbon in each ring: carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14. While the ratios of carbon-12 and carbon-13 don’t appear…

Voltages that would be induced on the U.S. power grid from a 100-year solar storm.Image: Public DomainA new map shows just how vulnerable some parts of the United States’ power grid might be to the impacts of a strong solar storm.Solar storms are ejections of charged particles and their accompanying…

— Phil takes us for a closer (eye safe!) look at the two-octillion ton star that rules our solar system. We look at the sun’s core, plasma, magnetic fields, sunspots, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and what all of that means for our planet. — — Transcript Provided by YouTube:…

A prototype for SpaceX’s Starship space vehicle collapsed during pressure testing early Friday at the company’s facility in South Texas — the program’s third failure during such testing since November — but assembly of a new version is already underway. The stainless steel cylinder appeared to rupture near its top…

The development of the Starship – SpaceX’s super-heavy launch system that will take cargo and crews to orbit, the Moon, and even Mars – has been fraught with setbacks and frustration. But Musk has no intention of stopping and is even planning ahead for the day when the Starship and…

by Jeff Foust — April 3, 2020 SpaceX's Starship SN3 vehicle on the pad during preparations for a cryogenic tanking test. The vehicle was destroyed in that test early April 3, possibly because of an issue with the test itself rather than the vehicle. Credit: Twitter @elonmusk WASHINGTON — For…

Science & Tech SpaceX’s Starship Users Guide Shows Off Its Massive Potential SpaceX, the aerospace company that has consistently blown our collective minds with its reusable rockets, slick spacesuits, and spacefaring automotive payloads, has just released a “Users Guide” for its first interplanetary spacecraft, Starship. And if you thought SpaceX…