It’s Something of a Surprise: Solar Storms Can Change Direction!
Solar storms don’t always travel in a straight line. But once they start heading in our direction, they can accelerate rapidly, gathering steam for a harder…
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Coronal Mass Ejection May Hit Earth – Aurora Alert
The solar eruption of August 7th might affect Earth after all. Newly-arriving data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME heading our way…
Read the article →Eruption on the Sun Sends CME Toward Earth (Aurora Alert)
During the early hours of August 1st, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a complex global disturbance on the Earth-facing side of the sun. Most of the…
Read the article →Total Solar Eclipse: July 11, 2010
It’s every vacationer’s dream: You stretch out on a white sandy beach for a luxurious nap under the South Pacific sun. The caw of distant gulls…
Read the article →The Sun Awakens
Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that’s new to human history. To make preparations, authorities in Washington DC are holding…
Read the article →NASA Sun-Earth Day, 2010, Webcast
When Is Sun-Earth Day? This year’s main celebration will be on March 20, 2010, @1pm – 2pm ET. NASA EDGE, an award-winning talk show known for…
Read the article →Big Sunspot Appears
The sudden emergence of big sunspot 1045 over the weekend has caused a sharp upsurge in solar activity. The active region has produced three M-class and…
Read the article →Annular Solar Eclipse Coming Up on Jan 15th
The Moon is about to pass directly in front of the sun, producing an annular solar eclipse on Jan. 15th between 05:00 and 09:00 GMT. The…
Read the article →The Solar Minimum Continues
Two sunspots, which appeared on the autumnal equinox to break several months of extreme solar quiet [see New Sunspots (Finally!)], have faded away, leaving the sun…
Read the article →New Sunspots (Finally!)
In a year when the sun has been utterly blank 80% of the time, the sudden emergence of two large sunspots in a single day is…
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