Solar Storm

10/04/2019A new sunspot from old Cycle 24 appeared on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, then by Thursday was gone. The sunspot number was 11 on both days, the minimum non-zero sunspot number. Average daily solar flux rose only slightly from 67.3 to 67.6. …

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster; when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Are you sure that you can skin griz? line from film Jerem…

The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, stretched far enough south that a large swatch of the northern United States was able to catch the glimmering lights, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Pred…

The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, stretched far enough south that a large swatch of the northern United States was able to catch the glimmering lights, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Pred…

Hey there Kickers! Sorry for the late update today. I've been out at a dinner party and now it is 1am :oRight now there are 312 live Kickstarter Campaigns in the Tabletop Games category (down 1 from last week). Of those, 179 (57.4%) have already reached their…

(Gray News) If the skies are clear where you live, Mother Natures putting on a light show Friday night and early Saturday. The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G1 and G2 geomagnetic storm alert. That means North America is in for a celestial show…

If you’ve been dreaming about seeing the Northern Lights, we’ve got good news: Aurora-viewing season is back. The days have been getting shorter in the Northern Hemisphere since late June, and there are now more than enough hours of darkness to see the shimm…

After giving us some of the best meteor showers and moon events of the year, August is closing with its greatest spectacle yet. As Forbes reports, the northern lights will be visible over several northern U.S. states in the lower 48 this weekend, including Ma…

Owen Humphreys has been shooting some of the north of England's most famous landmarks against the night sky since he discovered the Northern Lights were a mere five minutes from his front door in Whitley Bay. "For the Northern Lights you need no moon or as l…

In its first two seasons, Farscape had already been extraordinarily frank about sex for a space opera but the third season takes things even further. At the same time, Moyas crew might have to deal with a dangerous solar storm. Season Three, Episode Two: Sun…