Tag Archives: solar storms

Satellite launched to track space weather as solar activity increases

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Forecasters will soon be able to see a real-time map of lightning activity on Earth and keep a closer eye on solar storms unleashed by the sun, thanks to a new weather satellite. NASA and… Read More »

The launch of the GOES-U satellite this month will bring a solar activity monitor to space

When it comes to tools, the more they are used, the less reliable they become. And of course, by the way Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph Experiment (LASCO) device at NASA and European Space Agency‘S SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) The spacecraft did an excellent job providing us with images. recent strong geomagnetic solar stormsis… Read More »

A massive solar storm slams into Mars, posing a risk to future astronauts on the red planet

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. When the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and slammed into Mars in May, it engulfed the red planet in auroras and a stream of charged particles and radiation, according to NASA. The Sun has… Read More »

A massive solar storm slams into Mars, posing a risk to future astronauts on the red planet

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. When the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and slammed into Mars in May, it engulfed the red planet in auroras and a stream of charged particles and radiation, according to NASA. The Sun has… Read More »

Powerful solar storm shows radiation will be real challenge for Mars colonists

The same massive sunspot responsible for triggering a historic geomagnetic storm on Earth in mid-May triggered a legendary storm for Mars a few days later. On May 20, data from Europe’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft showed that the predicted X12 solar flare was the strongest type. on the glare classification scale – AR3664 exploded from a… Read More »

Solar storm bathes Mars in radiation as auroras flicker across Red Planet skies (video)

The solar storms that produced the stunning auroras seen around the world on May 10 also gave Mars whiplash, sparking auroras over the Red Planet and doused the surface with harmful radiation. The main source of solar storms was an active region. AR3664It was a dense knot of magnetic flux on the sun, inhabited by… Read More »

Auroras could appear next week as solar activity increases

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Colorful weather in parts of the United States, including northern and upper Midwestern states from New York to Idaho, due to a solar storm that could affect Earth, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric… Read More »

Auroras could appear next week as solar activity increases

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Colorful weather in parts of the United States, including northern and upper Midwestern states from New York to Idaho, due to a solar storm that could affect Earth, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric… Read More »

Scientists say they found where the sun’s magnetic field originates

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. The Sun has a strong magnetic field similar to solar storms, which create sunspots on the star’s surface and cover much of the planet in beautiful auroras this month. But exactly how this magnetic field… Read More »

Scientists say they found where the sun’s magnetic field originates

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. The Sun has a strong magnetic field similar to solar storms, which create sunspots on the star’s surface and cover much of the planet in beautiful auroras this month. But exactly how this magnetic field… Read More »