Solar Storm

This year, 2019, commemorates the 50th anniversary of one of humanity’s most incredible achievements thus far: of people physically reaching the Moon. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the natural satellite and broadcast a live view of the lunar surface, …

On July 2, 2019 a total solar eclipse will pass over Chile and Argentina, and through a stroke of astronomical luck, the path of totality crosses directly over the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory located in the foot…

Holed up in a cramped room of her house, Tamitha Skov gets set in front of a makeshift green screen, which has been cobbled together from two green bed sheets. She queues up a script on her computer and hits record. Staring down the lens, she says, We finall…

On Sept. 1, 1859, Richard Carrington, a solar astronomer, witnessed an unusual clump of sunspots that suddenly and briefly flashed brightly before they disappeared. Just before dawn the next day, auroras erupted to most of the Earth, reaching as far south as…

NASA solar storm WARNING: Another Carrington Event ‘will cost TRILLIONS’ in damage - Express.co.uk

I write today to congratulate Henry Davis and the voters in South Bends 2nd District. Henry recently prevailed in the May 2019 Democratic primary for the Common Council seat representing South Bends 2nd District. Although Davis and I have many differing poli…

From Science Mag A violent, active sun, as seen in ultraviolet light in October 2014near solar maximum in its 11-year solar cycle. As the sun approaches solar minimum, scientists are trying to predict the timing and strength of the next solar maximum. NASA/…

The calm before the storms

By Sarah ScolesMay. 30, 2019 , 2:00 PM BOULDER, COLORADOFor all of February the sun is nearly spotless, a smooth circle filled in with a goldenrod crayon. It has been more than a decade since it was so lacking in sunspotsdark magnetic knots as big as Earth t…

During the Apollo lunar missions and landings 50 years ago, there was a real risk of losing a crew during each mission. For the launch phase, the risk was relatively small due to an effective launch abort system with an escape tower. During the passage to the…