Solar Storm

(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…

2:45 pm, Brooklyn, 132 S. Oxford St: Nearby intersection has become a citywide hub for protest activity. NYPD requests that all protesters remain peaceful, and withdraws police presence. 3:35 pm, Manhattan, Statue of Liberty: NYPD Harbor & ESU responding…

Devastating solar storms are much more common than previously believed, warn scientists... and Earth is in the cross hairs

Guest post by Paul Dorian A modern solar flare recorded December 5, 2006, by the X-ray Imager onboard NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite. The flare was so intense that it actually damaged the instrument that took the picture. Researchers believe Carrington’s solar fla…

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…

Hey there Kickers! How's your life going? I'm flying to South Africa tomorrow for a long overdue holiday. I will be there next weekend as well and I will not have my laptop with me. There will be no update next week. I will be in Durban taking photos of…