Solar storm strikes the planet, but Earth takes less of a hit than dire predictions The strongest space weather storm in five years struck Earth on Thursday, causing some airlines to reroute their flights, threatening power disruptions and sparking a show of the northern lights Author of the...
In 2010, NASA launched theSolar Dynamics Observatory, which streams images of the sun to Earth in real time. That is one reason why the predicted arrival time for a plasma blast last week – the strongest since 2003 – was “exceptionally good”, says David Hathaway of NASA’s Goddard Spac...
But for now, scientists are waiting to see what happens Thursday when the charged particles hit Earth at 4 million mph. Spectacular solar storm reaches Earth7 photos NASA solar physicist Alex Young added, "It could give us a bit of a jolt." But he said this is far from a super solar ...
It was a close call for Earth -- the solar storm tore through Earth orbit only a week after our planet had passed by that segment of space. If we had been in its path, NASA says it would have had a "catastrophic effect," blowing out electrical systems, GPS, radio systems and other ...
An artist's conception of a solar storm that hit Earth in 1989, knocking out Quebec's power grid. Photo by NASA Article content This week it was reported that a solar storm had struck the Earth a day ahead of schedule, for unknown reasons. Some speculated that the coronal mass ejectio...
The first of the two solar storm waves reached Earth late Thursday right on time, space weather center officials wrote in an update late Thursday. Also on Thursday, NASA released anew video of the X1.6 solar flarefrom its sun-watching Solar Dynamics Observatory, showing the event in two diffe...
According to NASA, the solar magnetic field "interacts strongly" with the Earth's "oppositely oriented magnetic field". The Earth's magnetic field is then peeled open like an onion allowing energetic solar wind particles to stream down the field lines to hit the atmosphere over the poles. ...
14,300 years ago, a solar storm struck Earth that was so powerful, were to hit us today, it could result in worldwide blackouts that would last for years.By examining tree rings from a buried French forest, researchers have unearthed evidence of a solar...
Energetic particles from the sun hit the camera of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover during the solar storm, causing streaks and specks to appear in its view like static or "snow."NASA / JPL-Caltech As NASA researchers consider a future with astronauts on Mars, they say ...
A survey of more than 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that “superflares” that are linked to bursts of radiation which play havoc with electronics on Earth may happen every 100 to 200 years and we may be overdue one