Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, ...
Geomagnetic storm from a solar flare could disrupt radio communications and create a striking aurora
The storm could interrupt high-frequency radio transmissions, such as by aircraft trying to communicate with distant traffic control towers. Most commercial aircraft can use satellite transmission as ...
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Rare G4 Solar Storm Unleashes Auroras and Technology Risks Across U.S.
A surge of solar fury has swept across Earth’s magnetic shield, producing a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm that turned skies ...
The sun has a bone to pick with Earth — and it’s not done yet. A colossal solar storm just zapped the daylight side of the planet, causing global blackouts and knocking out radio signals across Europe ...
Over the past few years, we've written several stories about solar storms, coronal mass ejections, the 1859 Carrington Event, and how a modern-day repeat of this phenomenon could be nothing short of ...
The sun unleashed two huge flares early Wednesday, one day after a NASA observatory captured a dramatic photo of a separate solar flare. The back-to-back eruptions included the strongest of the year ...
The sun is taking center stage with recent solar flare activity sparking modest space weather tomorrow, with an added metaphorical selfie as NASA recently released the first-ever images of the sun’s ...
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