Solar Flares and Sunspots Just Keep Going and Going
Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation that come from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. Flares are the solar system’s largest explosive events and can be seen as bright...
View ArticleWould You Be Prepared If A Solar Flare Took Out The Power Grid Today?
For those of you that follow Space Weather Monitor on a regular basis, or if you just keep a close watch on solar activity you are most likely aware of the solar flares that took place last week....
View ArticleSpace Weather Advisory Outlook and “The Weekly”
**** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 5-11 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 05, 09, and 10 September due to flare activity from active sunspot Regions 1283 and 1286....
View ArticleNASA Photos Shows Earth Eclipsing Sun
For the next three weeks NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite will be poised to watch the Earth block out the sun as part of the spacecraft’s twice-yearly eclipse season, and the spacecraft has...
View ArticleSolar Flares Could Unleash Nuclear Chaos On Planet Earth
(NaturalNews) Forget about the 2012 Mayan calendar, comet Elenin or the Rapture. The real threat to human civilization is far more mundane, and it’s right in front of our noses. If Fukushima has taught...
View ArticleStrong Solar Activity for the Month of September
Having already unleashed two X-flares since Sept. 22nd, sunspot AR1302 appears ready for more. The active region has a complex “beta-gamma-delta” magnetic field that harbors energy for strong M- and...
View ArticleSuper Sun Blast Fears Put Russian Nuke Plants In Lockdown
The Federal Atomic Energy Agency (FAAE) states that “emergency notices” have gone out to all of Russia’s nuclear power plants warning them that a potential “blast” from our Sun could cause “massive...
View ArticlePartial CME Impact Causes Geomagnetic Storm
Flares from Sunspot 1302 resulted in Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) partially directed at Earth, resulting a geomagnetic storm rated by the NOAA as Strong to Extreme on Monday. The NOAA reported that...
View ArticleSPACE WEATHER ADVISORY BULLETIN – 09/26/2011
**** EARLY AUTUMN GEOMAGNETIC STORM **** A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that erupted from NOAA Active Region 1302 on Saturday September 24 in conjunction with an M7 strength solar flare, arrived this...
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