Following successful Moon landing, India launching solar observation mission
Hot on the heels of its lunar landing success, India is readying to blast a probe even deeper into space to study the sun.
The country’s first solar observation mission, named Aditya-L1, is set to be launched from...
This is how the world will end
Astronomers have made the first direct discovery of a white dwarf star being orbited by a disintegrating minor planet that will ultimately collide into it.
http://youtu.be/34gNgaME86Y
Does space weather affect human behaviour ?
Yes, does it... read more
http://www.messagetoeagle.com/sunactivityhealth.php#.UgeM9m3LKSo
http://www.esa-spaceweather.net/spweather/workshops/SPW_W3/PROCEEDINGS_W3/babayev.pdf
By Paul Rincon Science reporter: BBC News
16 February 2011
The Sun has unleashed its strongest flare in four years, observers say.
The eruption is a so-called X-flare, the strongest type; such flares can affect communications on Earth.
Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft...
There has been a massive Sundog over Joburg for the last hour or more. Its very rare to see a Sundog doing a full 360 degree halo around the sun. Anyone got a camera to post some pics? Don't forget to protect your eyes when looking near the sun.
I'm looking for sites where I can download stuff from, at speeds higher than 100mbps.
Please don't say Rapidshares :)
A couple of us are trying hard to "stress-test" the new Seacom/Neotel connection at the University of Stellenbosch.
So far we've managed to download at 29MB/s from an...