Urgent warning over intense solar storms strong enough to cripple the world's internet for WEEKS - as NASA confirms we've hit the explosive peak in the sun's 11-year cycle
5 months ago

Urgent warning over intense solar storms strong enough to cripple the world's internet for WEEKS - as NASA confirms we've hit the explosive peak in the sun's 11-year cycle

Daily Mail  

Every 11 years, our sun becomes a chaotic sphere that shoots out huge bursts of energy towards Earth – a period known as the 'solar maximum'. In a teleconference this, NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel confirmed that the sun has reached its solar maximum period, which could continue for the next year. About every 11 years, the sun goes through what's known as 'solar maximum', when many bizarre dark spots appear on its surface 'This increase in activity provides an exciting opportunity to learn about our closest star, but also causes real effects at Earth and throughout our solar system.' This dipole field – which stretches from one pole of the sun to the other much like Earth's – goes through a cycle, called the solar cycle. However, scientists have identified that the last two years on the sun have been part of this active phase of the solar cycle, due to the consistently high number of sunspots during this period.

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What would happen minute-by-minute if a SUPERFLARE with the force of billions of atomic bombs hit Earth
2 months, 2 weeks ago

What would happen minute-by-minute if a SUPERFLARE with the force of billions of atomic bombs hit Earth

Daily Mail  

While it might look like a tranquil yellow ball from here, the sun is actually a raging inferno of intense magnetic forces and violent explosions. Earth is overdue for a devastating superflare which could wipe out communication systems and knock satellites out of orbit, scientists have warned Superflare timeline 00:00 Superflare erupts on the sun 00:08 A wave of X-ray …

Northern lights forecasted to grace America's skies on Thanksgiving - here are the states with maximum visibility
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Northern lights forecasted to grace America's skies on Thanksgiving - here are the states with maximum visibility

Daily Mail  

The Cosmos are set to put on a stunning show as Americans gather around the table for Thanksgiving. The sun released a burst of energy late Sunday evening that is scheduled to hit Earth Thursday, creating stunning northern lights in parts of the northern US. And northern regions of Idaho, Wyoming, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire may The National …

Sun unleashes powerful solar flare, Nasa says
4 months, 1 week ago

Sun unleashes powerful solar flare, Nasa says

The Independent  

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Sun unleashes powerful solar flare, Nasa says
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4 months, 1 week ago

Sun unleashes powerful solar flare, Nasa says

The Independent  

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Geo storm could hit TOMORROW, NASA warns
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Geo storm could hit TOMORROW, NASA warns

Daily Mail  

NASA is predicting that a geomagnetic storm could hit Earth this week, as a blast of solar plasma rockets toward our planet. It's forecasted to glance off Earth's magnetic field, which could cause a minor geo storm on November 1 The CME currently heading toward Earth stemmed from a filament eruption on the sun's southwestern edge that occurred around 7am …

Scientists find evidence of past solar storms that would have catastrophic impact on Earth today
6 months ago

Scientists find evidence of past solar storms that would have catastrophic impact on Earth today

The Independent  

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Earth hit by most powerful solar storm in decades – and more could come
7 months ago

Earth hit by most powerful solar storm in decades – and more could come

The Independent  

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Sun may be starting next solar cycle even though it’s only halfway through current one
8 months ago

Sun may be starting next solar cycle even though it’s only halfway through current one

The Independent  

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Sunspot that caused intense solar storms makes dramatic comeback
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Sunspot that caused intense solar storms makes dramatic comeback

The Independent  

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Solar storms: From farmers to flights, how space weather is messing everything up
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Solar storms: From farmers to flights, how space weather is messing everything up

The Independent  

In September 1859, two telegraph operators 100 miles apart turned off the power to their stations to wait out a period of unusual electromagnetic activity. With the return of the AR 13697 sunspot this week, some space weather experts are warning that even more severe solar storms could be on their way. open image in gallery Aurora forecast for 10-11 …

Sun unleashes strongest solar flare in nearly a decade – here’s what it means for Northern Lights
10 months ago

Sun unleashes strongest solar flare in nearly a decade – here’s what it means for Northern Lights

The Independent  

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More solar storms brewing after last week’s aurorae as Sun ‘wakes up’
10 months ago

More solar storms brewing after last week’s aurorae as Sun ‘wakes up’

The Hindu  

On Friday night, people from across the world were treated to a rare spectacle: vivid aurorae hanging like curtains of light in the sky. Surging currents “This is definitely a sign that the Sun is ‘waking up’ and is becoming more active, especially compared to the last solar cycle,” Jonathon Eastwood, a space physicist at Imperial College London, the UK, …

Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in nearly a decade, but Earth should be safe this time
10 months ago

Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in nearly a decade, but Earth should be safe this time

The Independent  

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Huge solar storm could disrupt communications and bring northern lights to the sky
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Huge solar storm could disrupt communications and bring northern lights to the sky

The Independent  

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Met Office warns of extreme space weather as solar maximum approaches
1 year, 1 month ago

Met Office warns of extreme space weather as solar maximum approaches

The Independent  

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Sun is approaching peak of activity in 11-year cycle with ‘most intense’ solar storms predicted
1 year, 2 months ago

Sun is approaching peak of activity in 11-year cycle with ‘most intense’ solar storms predicted

The Independent  

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Massive solar storm to hit Earth and could cause radio, internet blackouts
1 year, 3 months ago

Massive solar storm to hit Earth and could cause radio, internet blackouts

The Independent  

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Sun’s peak activity period could come year earlier and last longer than thought, scientists say
1 year, 4 months ago

Sun’s peak activity period could come year earlier and last longer than thought, scientists say

The Independent  

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The sun’s activity is peaking sooner than expected
1 year, 8 months ago

The sun’s activity is peaking sooner than expected

CNN  

Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. But unlike hurricane season, which lasts a few months, solar maximum lasts a few years.” The increased activity has also included strong solar flares and coronal mass ejections, or large clouds of ionized gas called plasma and magnetic fields that erupt from the sun’s outer atmosphere. “Although this particular cycle …

Should you be worried about solar storms? Debunking the viral myth of an ‘internet apocalypse’
1 year, 8 months ago

Should you be worried about solar storms? Debunking the viral myth of an ‘internet apocalypse’

Hindustan Times  

Internet has been abuzz with claims about an impending ‘internet apocalypse’ caused by solar storms. Debunking reports of an impending 'internet apocalypse' caused by solar storms Clarifying the Study and NASA's Position: The concerns surrounding a potential internet catastrophe originated from a 2021 study titled "Solar Superstorms: Planning for an Internet Apocalypse." While it is important to be aware of …

Powerful ‘X-class’ solar flare from rapidly growing sunspot causes radio blackout in US
1 year, 8 months ago

Powerful ‘X-class’ solar flare from rapidly growing sunspot causes radio blackout in US

The Independent  

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Nasa’s new AI gives ‘30 minutes of advance warning’ before killer solar superstorms strike Earth
1 year, 10 months ago

Nasa’s new AI gives ‘30 minutes of advance warning’ before killer solar superstorms strike Earth

The Independent  

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Will Earth get hit with a major solar storm? Risk of blackout arises after eight sunspots emerge on the Sun
2 years, 8 months ago

Will Earth get hit with a major solar storm? Risk of blackout arises after eight sunspots emerge on the Sun

India TV News  

The activities in the solar system attract many. Things are again heating up in the sun due to which eight new sunspots have emerged on the Earth-facing side of the solar disk. Due to this, there are possibilities that X-class solar flares and radiation storms can pose a harmful impact on the GPS system. GPS users should remain vigilant near …

Solar storm from Sun about to hit Earth may interfere with satellites
2 years, 11 months ago

Solar storm from Sun about to hit Earth may interfere with satellites

The Independent  

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Northern Lights expected to be more visible due to solar storm
3 years, 2 months ago

Northern Lights expected to be more visible due to solar storm

The Independent  

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Huge solar storm could strike the Earth on Halloween and disrupt satellites
3 years, 4 months ago

Huge solar storm could strike the Earth on Halloween and disrupt satellites

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “An R3 event took place due to an X1 flare at 1535 UTC on 28 October from …

'Unstable sunspot' fired off solar eruptions on Tuesday, NASA shows
3 years, 4 months ago

'Unstable sunspot' fired off solar eruptions on Tuesday, NASA shows

Daily Mail  

New footage shows an 'unstable sunspot' firing off solar eruptions during a stormy five-hour explosion of activity. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the series of eruptions from the sunspot over the course of five hours on Tuesday, October 26. Imagery from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the series of eruptions from the sunspot Sunspots are areas that appear dark on …

Solar superstorm could plunge world into ‘internet apocalypse’
3 years, 6 months ago

Solar superstorm could plunge world into ‘internet apocalypse’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A severe solar storm, which happens once in approximately 100 years, could catastrophically …

EXPLAINED: How A Storm Unleashed By The Sun Can Knock Out Internet On Earth
3 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINED: How A Storm Unleashed By The Sun Can Knock Out Internet On Earth

News 18  

A paper by an Indian-origin researcher has warned of an “Internet apocalypse” caused by none other than our very own sun. According to US space agency Nasa, though they are “otherwise quite different”, solar flares and CMEs “both involve gigantic explosions of energy”. CMEs are defined as “huge bubbles of radiation and particles from the Sun” that are launched into …

Massive solar storm could cause global Internet blackout for months finds new research
3 years, 6 months ago

Massive solar storm could cause global Internet blackout for months finds new research

Firstpost  

Only three large storms have been recorded to date, with the most recent one in 2014. But the next time an eruption of mass and energy from the sun is likely to hit Earth, it could cause an Internet blackout lasting for months, according to new research. The harmful particles of the solar storm can produce their own magnetic fields, …

Massive Solar Storm Within Next Decade May Crumble Internet Infrastructure: Study
3 years, 6 months ago

Massive Solar Storm Within Next Decade May Crumble Internet Infrastructure: Study

News 18  

The universe is the equilibrium between order and chaos. Such an event occurred in 1859 called the ‘Carrington Event,’ which led to a major disruption in electrical infrastructure and then again in 1921, which was comparatively a milder solar storm. A study by Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi, University of California, Irvine, suggests that a major solar storm can hit earth within …

Hurricanes, Solar Storms, and the Fight to Keep the Power On
3 years, 6 months ago

Hurricanes, Solar Storms, and the Fight to Keep the Power On

Wired  

With some of these factors, the researchers were really saying, we actually don't know, like we don't have enough information yet to model exactly what would happen and that's worrying. And we need to do more work and more interdisciplinary work with lots of different types of experts in order to look into this a bit more, because the work …

Solar Storm 2021: Why is it a threat to internet? Everything you need to know
3 years, 6 months ago

Solar Storm 2021: Why is it a threat to internet? Everything you need to know

India Today  

Our sun, which sits at the centre of the solar system, is the primary source of energy. The sun is mainly composed of superheated gases called plasma surrounding a core and sometimes, due to a disturbance caused on its surface, there can be events leading to a massive outburst of energy across the outermost layer of the sun called the …

A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an 'Internet Apocalypse'
55 years, 2 months ago

A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an 'Internet Apocalypse'

Wired  

Scientists have known for decades that an extreme solar storm, or coronal mass ejection, could damage electrical grids and potentially cause prolonged blackouts. At the SIGCOMM 2021 data communication conference on Thursday, Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi of the University of California, Irvine presented “Solar Superstorms: Planning for an Internet Apocalypse,” an examination of the damage a fast-moving cloud of magnetized solar …

Solar storm to hit Earth, should you be concerned? Here's what we know
3 years, 8 months ago

Solar storm to hit Earth, should you be concerned? Here's what we know

Op India  

On Monday, a high-speed solar storm will approach our planet at a speed of 1.6 million km/hour and affect electricity supply and communication infrastructure. In March 1989, the entire Canadian province of Quebec suffered a 12-hour electrical power blackout caused by a solar storm.” Today’s solar fare is unlikely to cause a geomagnetic solar flare or create blackouts of 12-hours …

Hurricane Irma: Sun unleashes most powerful category of solar flare, prompting fear of communications chaos
7 years, 6 months ago

Hurricane Irma: Sun unleashes most powerful category of solar flare, prompting fear of communications chaos

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The sun has unleashed …

First solar storm from huge sunspot reaches Earth and knocks out satellites
10 years, 4 months ago

First solar storm from huge sunspot reaches Earth and knocks out satellites

Daily Mail  

A monster storm on the sun's surface has unleashed a solar flare in the direction of Earth - and there could be more to come. Scroll down for video An X1.6 class flare erupted from the lower half of the sun today, as seen in the bright flash of light in this image from Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory. This image …

A near miss for Earth: Solar flare that could have knocked out power, cars and phones came so close two weeks ago
11 years, 7 months ago

A near miss for Earth: Solar flare that could have knocked out power, cars and phones came so close two weeks ago

Daily Mail  

A near miss for Earth: Solar flare that could have knocked out power, cars and phones came so close two weeks ago Earth has narrowly missed electromagnetic pulses caused by solar flares If they had hit, the pulses could have knocked out electrical equipment over continent-scale regions An electromagnetic pulse that could have knocked electrical equipment over continent-scale regions barely …

Yet Another Armageddon? Five Ways to Prepare Yourself for the Impending Solar Superstorm
12 years, 1 month ago

Yet Another Armageddon? Five Ways to Prepare Yourself for the Impending Solar Superstorm

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. According to a group of experts …

Solar Storm Headed Towards Earth May Disrupt Power
13 years ago

Solar Storm Headed Towards Earth May Disrupt Power

India TV News  

Washington, Mar 8: The largest solar storm in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, Global Positioning Systems and flights. The sun erupted on Tuesday evening and the effects should start hitting Earth early on Thursday morning according to forecasters at the United States' Space Weather Prediction Centre. …

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