Earth Will Only Have 12 Hours To Prepare For Massive Solar Storm
On August 1, 2010, almost the entire Earth-facing side of the sun erupted in a tumult of activity. This image shows many different aspects of the news-making solar event. (Photo…
How a solar storm two years ago nearly caused a catastrophe on Earth
The Sun shows a C3-class solar flare (white area on upper left), a solar tsunami (wave-like structure, upper right) and multiple filaments of magnetism lifting off the stellar surface. (Photo…
New sunspot group bombards Earth with solar flares
A violent new sunspot is bombarding the Earth with particles from solar flares - including a blast that affected some radio transmissions across Europe. Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an…