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solar storm
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Scientists have found evidence of past extreme solar storms. Their return could be disastrous for our technology based societies
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory, Atmospheric Imaging Assembly Maarten Blaauw, Queen’s University Belfast; Ilya Usokin, University of Oulu, and…
October 1, 2024
The Sun is reaching the peak of its activity – here’s how that could cause more auroras and solar storms
Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University Many more people around the world than normal were recently able to see…
June 18, 2024
Solar storm knocks out farmers’ high-tech tractors – an electrical engineer explains how a larger storm could take down the power grid and the internet
Typical amounts of solar particles hitting the Earth’s magnetosphere can be beautiful, but too much could be catastrophic.…
May 31, 2024