Medicine & TechnologyScientists reveal that on June 2nd approximately 1300 UHT, a coronal mass ejection originating from the sun on May 28th brushed on the Earth's atmosphere. The minimal impact wasn't enough to cause damage or alter the solar wind speed circumnavigating the planet.
Proxima Centauri — the nearest star next to our own — produced one of the most powerful flares on record. It could change the way scientists think about its habitability.
During solar storms in its outer atmosphere, the Sun releases potentially hazardous solar energetic particles that are potentially hazardous - and scientists have pinpointed a potential source of these particles.
A U.S. meteorological researcher suggests that RMS Titanic might have sunk due to the solar flare that had, in the most subtle way, thrown off the ship's navigation.
The Aurora Hunters and other organizations will be sharing their journey in witnessing the Northern Lights in Nordic nations. The aurora borealis is symbolic not only for travelers and scientists but even for Icelandic superstitions.