When to See the Northern Lights From the Continental U.S. This Week
Out on the surface of the sun, a huge geomagnetic storm raged this weekend, causing Coronal Mass Ejections (that is, solar flares) to hit earth. There’s nothing to worry about…
Here Comes the Sun—to End Civilization
To date, however, American utility companies haven’t widely deployed current-blocking devices to the live grid. “They’ve only done things, like moving to higher and higher operating voltages”—for cheaper transmission—“that greatly…
Geomagnetic Storm Set To Hit Earth Today After Filament Eruption From Sun
Activity on the solar surface sends a series of explosions and energy blasts into space.The Earth is expected to be hit by a solar storm on Wednesday and Thursday due…
How to Prepare for a Solar Flare Hitting Earth (Because It’s Probably Going to Happen)
In the Tom Hanks movie Finch, a massive solar flare destroys the ozone layer, annihilating almost all life on Earth (and leading to the invention of annoying robots). While a…
Maps of the sun’s corona could help us predict dangerous solar storms
By Leah Crane The magnetic field of the sun’s corona has been mapped for the first timeYang et al. 2020 The outermost layer of the sun, called the corona, is…