Editor’s Note: Bob Kolasky is senior vice president of critical infrastructure at Exiger, a provider of supply chain and third-party risk analysis for the U.S. government and critical infrastructure industries. He is also a senior fellow at Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Infrastructure Security. He previously led the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Bob Kolasky is senior vice president of critical infrastructure at Exiger, a provider of supply chain and third-party risk analysis for the U.S. government and critical infrastructure industries. He is also a senior fellow at Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Infrastructure Security. He previously led the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s… Read More »
A series strong solar storms As the skies turned colorful in the Northern Hemisphere this weekend, people witnessed spectacular displays. northern Lights United States, Canada, Europe, China and beyond. Officials said the dazzling light displays could continue for several more days. Aurora borealis (the phenomenon more commonly known as the northern lights) occurs due to… Read More »
‘Severe’ solar storm has potential to trigger northern lights, causing stunning display of colors visible from parts of US Getty Illustration of coronal mass ejection impacting Earth’s atmosphere.” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/1FU6OKKW9bNnNz0klL78xA–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MQ–/https://media.zenfs.com/en/ people_218/d14b7c656adc619c8b0712d745cd8eb3″ class=”caas-img”/> Getty Illustration of a coronal mass ejection impacting Earth’s atmosphere. NOAA defines geomagnetic storms as “a major disturbance of the Earth’s magnetosphere that occurs… Read More »
The most powerful solar storm in almost 20 years is expected to hit Earth on Friday night and the Northern Lights are likely to be visible from across the UK. Bursts of charged particles, resulting from a series of powerful explosions from the Sun’s surface, are traveling directly towards Earth at about 900 km per… Read More »
A bright mass emerges from a red circle. Space weather may seem like a story from a galaxy far, far away; But when solar storms affect us on Earth, we are directly affected. These storms northern Lights, for example. They can even cause temporary outages in our communications systems and power grid. of these sunlightwe… Read More »
The Northern Lights recently appeared above the Castlerigg stone circle in the Lake District – Gregg Wolstenholme/Bav Media This winter will be historic for seeing the northern lights, with scientists predicting the best views of the aurora borealis in 20 years. Earlier this month, Aurora hunters were welcomed with Bonfire Night displays in Scotland and… Read More »