Keith’s note: I was just on Alhurra TV talking about the large sunspot that has appeared and the potential for some bad space weather. In the process I had a chance to go through space weather (and solar physics) 101 for the audience to talk about the value of studying the sun – for all humanity – and how we are doing that every day. Audio.
Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member... More by Keith Cowing