Category Archives: Space weather
Solar news
Under the title “Earth braces for biggest space storm in five years” ABC Australia’s online news reports on the last 24 hours of solar activity. A NOAA space scientist is quoted “Space weather has gotten very interesting over the past … Continue reading
The force of a hundred million bombs
I’ve only just noticed – courtesy of Southgate News – the recent article from News Limited about the coming solar storm. This is based in part on an article in ‘Australasian Science’ by David Reneke. The excited hype is doubly … Continue reading
Solar blast
Last week’s solar activity inspired national security writer James Jay Carafano to contemplate the ‘End of the world…for real‘ in the Washington Examiner. He saw the dark side of what most radio hams are impatiently waiting for as the next … Continue reading
Extreme solar close-ups
Hot science news of the day is the series of startling close-up images of the sun in full roar. ABC Science has a story with local scientific analysis of the unprecedented pix provided by the Solar Dynamics Observatory which was … Continue reading
