Medicine & TechnologyHere's how a geomagnetic storm could harm communications after the sun spits out a 12,400-mile solar filament. Continue reading to know the details.
While storms wreak havoc throughout Europe and North America this week, the sun has been undergoing a period of high activity, with repercussions that may be seen on Earth on Wednesday.
2012 was touted as the year of the apocalypse according to Mayans, however, despite the world not ending that year, an astronomical phenomenon of immense proportion did occur. Luckily the Earth escaped by a hair, but how dangerous are Solar Storms for humans?
The US Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) warns that a solar flare from the Sun threatens to affect power grids and satellites and create northern lights.
New research on space weather and solar oscillations produced a model that could predict solar activities and possibly answer the 'Convective Conundrum.'