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The next 11-year cycle of solar storms will most likely start next March and peak in late 2011 or mid-2012 -- up to a year later than expected -- according to a forecast issued today by NOAA's Space Environment Center, in coordination with an international panel of solar experts. ...
Up to 40 of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are expected to fall out of orbit thanks to some inopportune timing: The company launched the satellites directly into a solar storm. A batch of 49 Starlink internet satellites were on SpaceX’s latest launch on February 3, and now the company is...
There's an excellent chance that the May 10 event won't even be the strongest geomagnetic storm or aurora display that we see this solar cycle. SEE ALSO: Blackout-causing 'super' solar storms happen more often than we thought An active Sun...
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Trump said he didn’t “want to say when” promised raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement will occur in big cities, but reiterated “it’s going to happen.” The back-and-forth with reporters in the Oval Office was a throwback to Trump’s first term, ...
If your cellphone suddenly stops working, don’t blame the service provider.The malfunction(故障) might well have been caused by something bigger -- a solar storm.Experts expect that Earth will see more solar activity in the near future.The malfunction of electronic devices will just one of th...