Solar Storm

Data from ESA's Cluster mission has provided a recording of the eerie 'song' that Earth sings when it is hit by a solar storm. The new findings were published today in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters. The song comes from waves that are generated…

Eerie Song A team of scientists from the University of Helsinki used data collected by the European Space Agencys Cluster mission an investigation into the Earths magnetic field using a constellation of four spacecraft to map out the eerie song that the Eart…

Science & Exploration Data from ESAs Cluster mission has provided a recording of the eerie song that Earth sings when it is hit by a solar storm. The song comes from waves that are generated in the Earths magnetic field by the collision of the storm. Th…

The song comes from waves that are generated in the Earth's magnetic field by the collision of the storm. The storm itself is the eruption of electrically charged particles from the Sun's atmosphere. A team led by Lucile Turc, a former ESA research fellow wh…

Safety & Security18/11/201916 views0 likes This week, space weather experts are coming together in Liège, Belgium, for the main annual event in their calendar, European Space Weather Week. Life next to a raging star is full of uncertainty and poses a th…

Below is a paper about to be submitted. The focus is oninterventions that could improve the long-term outcome given catastrophes that disrupt electricity/industry, such as solar storm, high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP), narrow AI computer virus, an…

Below is a paper about to be submitted. The focus is oninterventions that could improve the long-term outcome given catastrophes that disrupt electricity/industry, such as solar storm, high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP), narrow AI computer virus, an…

By Ryan Connolly on Nov 14, 2019 in Arctic, Attractions, Europe, Going Out, Iceland, Photography, Polar Regions, Regions, Travel Equipment, Western Europe Years of hunting the Northern Lights in Iceland with a strong background in science has given me the sk…

Pay close attention to any superheroes who live in or come from space (hello, Superman), and youll notice that what theyre wearing is usually sleek, formfitting, and definitely involves spandex. So how are they not getting constantly radiation-bombed? Killer…

Image copyrightGetty Images What would happen if GPS - the Global Positioning System - stopped working? For a start, we would all have to engage our brains and pay attention to the world around us when getting from A to B. Perhaps this would be no bad thin…