With that timing, the G3 (strong) to G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm conditions are starting during daylight hours for North America. Thus, no auroras will be seen over Canada or the United States from the start of this event. However, there ...
Earth is in the midst of a moderate solar storm -- but will it be strong enough to cause technology disruptions?
Those particles slammed into Earth's magnetic field Friday, triggering what space weather scientists called a level G5 geomagnetic storm — something Earth has not seen since the truly epic solar storms of Halloween 2003. "The reason for all this, well, there's been two sunspot clusters, one...
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a “strong” G3 geomagnetic storm warning. According to astatementfrom the agency, the northern lights “could be visible as far south as Alabama and Northern California tonight,” as long as skies are clear. The...
MINOR GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH:Another solar wind stream is heading for Earth. It is flowing froma canyon-like holein the sun's atmosphere. First contact with the stream on Feb. 14th could cause a minorG1-class geomagnetic storm with Arctic auroras for Valentine's Day.Aurora alerts:SMS Text...
It was the first G5 or strongest-rated geomagnetic storm since 2003, which caused blackouts in Sweden and damaged transformers in South Africa. So what caused the extreme geomagnetic storm? A series of strong solar flares spewed from the Sun's surface have sent a sh...
The magnetically charged plasma blast that accompanied the X-class flare on July 23 was not sent in our direction, but if it was, it could have been quite the solar storm. Had this CME taken a path that would bring impacts to Earth, it could have brought quite the impacts to our ...
An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia to transmit energy by a submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for the $19 billion project on Wednesday.
Programming note: Tune in to CNN NewsNight: Solar Storm, hosted by Abby Phillip and Bill Weir, tonight from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. ET. For the latest on the massive solar storm,head over to CNN’s live coverage. Washington Buckle up: An unusual amount of solar activity this week could...
Beautiful Aurora Paint Northern Skies, but Real Show May Be Tonight as Solar Storm Peaks (PHOTOS) (Posted 2014-09-12 23:37:11)Samenow, Jason