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Cloudy With a Chance of Catastrophe: Predicting the Weather in Space
Image credit: NASA In 1859, while observing sunspots, a young astronomer named Richard Carrington recorded a geomagnetic storm so powerful, the electrical currents it sent to Earth were enough to keep the newly invented telegraph operating without a battery. Centuries later, though humans have sent robots to Mars and even strong-armed a couple engineers into [...]
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Solar Flares: Monster Sunspot Growing Fast, NASA Warns Solar Storms Possible
A sunspot large enough to “swallow six Earths” has been spotted by NASA. The space agency is warning that solar storms could occur this week if the sunspot continues to swell. The massive sunspot detected by the Solar Dynamics Obser... Read Post
Ring Nebula Is More Like A Jelly Doughnut, NASA Says
The Ring Nebula, whose iconic shape and large size make it a favorite of amateur astronomers, can now be seen in new detail, after NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a sharp image of the nebula. Researchers say the new clarity r... Read Post
150th Anniversary Of Solar Carrington Event
Named after English astronomer Richard Carrington, the solar eruption of September 2, 1859 caused such an intense geomagnetic event that telegraph lines operated from currents induced by geomagnetism. Such an... Read Post