Severe solar storm possible in South Africa
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) says the country can expect geomagnetic storm conditions to increase over the next 24 hours.
This is due to the arrival of an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME), which was triggered by a...
Geomagnetic storm worst since 2003
A severe solar storm this weekend brought a dazzling display of the Northern Lights that could be seen across Europe and as far south as Alabama in the US, while threatening to trigger blackouts and disrupt navigation systems around the world.
An extreme...
Solar storms and communications problems
The Earth is currently experiencing the biggest radiation and geomagnetic storm in five years, potentially disrupting communications
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Earlier this morning, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) witnessed a complex magnetic eruption on the sun. The joint NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) -- a mission sitting at the L1 point...