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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 1 year ago
The fusillade of radiation from the Sun caused limited power grid upsets, forced airlines to reroute around the poles and sparked vivid displays of the Northern Lights in some parts of the world. The event began on Wednesday (Australian time) with a...
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Suburban Trends
| over 1 year ago
Our high-tech world seems to have easily weathered a solar storm that didn't quite live up to its advance billing. While some experts think the threat from the solar storm passed by Thursday afternoon, space weather forecasters said it's still too...
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CNN Blog
| over 1 year ago
Geomagnetic and solar radiation storms hitting Earth after Tuesday's solar flares may not be as big as advertised, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. Together, such storms can affect GPS systems, other satellite...
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The New York Times
| over 1 year ago
Magnetic eruptions on the Sun on Tuesday and Wednesday released two huge bursts of lights two of the largest solar flares over the last five years and accelerated a blob of high-speed particles headed toward us. As the charged particles slam the...
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Laist
| over 1 year ago
One of the largest solar flares of the current cycle erupted Tuesday night, producing a solar storm that headed toward we Earthlings. NWS Space Weather Prediction Center's Facebook page , it struck today...For the strongest of storming, we generally...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 1 year ago
The sun, for all its life giving light and warmth, also occasionally hurls charged magnetic particles towards Earth. These are called solar storms, and can produce a variety of effects that range from power grid blackouts, to Northern Lights that are...
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National Public Radio
| over 1 year ago
So far, there have been no reports of major power or communications disruptions. The storm's magnetic fields are oriented in a way that's "been opposite of what is needed to cause the strongest storming," says the Space Weather Prediction Center . So,...
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The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
The largest storm in five years has sent charged particles heading towards Earth with the potential to disrupt power grids and satellites. Photograph: Nasa/SDO/AIA/Rex Features Scientists are warning of further solar storms this week after Earth was...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
Eastern time Thursday, the geomagnetic storm from a massive solar flare that rippled the surface of the sun on Tuesday night finally reached the Earth's atmosphere. The Facebook page for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NWS Space...
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The Orange County Register
| over 1 year ago
The solar storm also might fuel prominent auroras, or Northern Lights, farther south than normal...It was followed by a second, smaller flare about an hour later. The flares sent particles racing toward Earth as fast as 1,300 miles per second...No...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| over 1 year ago
Thursday, March 8, 2012 8:40 am (0) Comments Font Size: The largest solar storm in five years has engulfed Earth, but scientists say the planet has lucked out so far. The storm arrived more peacefully Thursday morning than it could have.
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ecorazzi.com
| over 1 year ago
One doesn't normally think of solar flares affecting the day to day happenings on planet earth. But today, due to the resulting solar storm we might see disruptions in our power grid and high powered GPS systems used by groups such as oil drillers...
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Rediff
| over 1 year ago
A massive solar storm of charged particles that erupted two days ago is expected to bombard the Earth's magnetic field today which could potentially disrupt power grids, satellite navigation and plane routes. The storm, which scientists claimed to be...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
The models also predict that the leading edge of the first CME will reach Earth at about 1:25 AM EST on the morning of March 8 (plus or minus 7 hours). Such a CME could result in a severe geomagnetic storm, causing aurora at low latitudes, with...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| over 1 year ago
Scientists expected the solar storm, the most intense since 2006, to intensify this morning, as the latest blast pushes past Earth. Space Weather Laboratory, but the Earth's magnetic field will repel much of the radiation, protecting people on the...
