Keith’s 3:42 pm update: it took NASA 5-6 hours after this major space weather event began to notice that it was happening – and that the Twitterverse had been buzzing about it al the while. FYI @pinballme the @NASAsun account located at NASA GSFC has 579,000 followers – yet they have made no mention whatsoever of the large geomagnetic storm currently underway. FYI you can check @SpaceWeather for a collection […]
House Science Bills on Space Weather and Election Technology Pass the House “S.881, the Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow Act, more commonly referred to as the PROSWIFT Act, improves our ability to monitor and forecast space weather. Space weather is generated by magnetic activity on the Sun and can affect technologies on Earth ranging from cell phone communications to GPS navigation to […]
Space Weather Alert: Geomagnetic K-index of 8 (G4) “Space Weather Message Code: WARK07 Serial Number: 47 Issue Time: 2015 Mar 17 1642 UTC EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 7 or greater expected Extension to Serial Number: 46 Valid From: 2015 Mar 17 1215 UTC Now Valid Until: 2015 Mar 17 1900 UTC Warning Condition: Onset Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 50 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents – […]
NASA Television will provide live coverage of a news briefing on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission “NASA Television will provide live coverage of a news briefing on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) new satellite mission to monitor space weather, at 1 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 7 from the Press Site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The briefing also […]
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 7 (G3), Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 7 or greater (G3 or Greater), Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) “NOAA Scale: G3 or greater – Strong to Extreme – Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 50 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents – Power system voltage irregularities possible, false alarms may be triggered on some protection devices. – Spacecraft – Systems may […]
ISEE-3 Reboot Project (IRP): Our plan is simple: we intend to contact the ISEE-3 (International Sun-Earth Explorer) spacecraft, command it to fire its engine and enter an orbit near Earth, and then resume its original mission – a mission it began in 1978. ISEE-3 was rechristened as the International Comet Explorer (ICE). If we are successful it may also still be able to chase yet another comet. Working in collaboration […]
Sun Emits Third Solar Flare in 2 Days “Oct. 25, 2013 Another solar flare erupted from the same area of the sun on Oct. 25, 2013,which peaked at 11:03 a.m. EDT. This flare is classified as an X2.1 class. The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 4:01 a.m. EDT on Oct. 25, 2013. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through […]
Space Storm Could Black Out US East Coast for Two Years – Expert, RIA Novosti “Severe space ‘weather’ can knock out satellite communications and GPS systems, expose space tourists and astronauts to dangerous levels of radiation, and even cause massive blackouts on Earth that could last up to two years, scientists and NASA officials warned at a conference here on Tuesday. The United States population that is at risk of […]
Three X-class Solar Flares in 24 Hours The sun emitted a third significant solar flare in under 24 hours, peaking at 9:11 p.m. EDT on May 13, 2013. This flare is classified as an X3.2 flare. This is the strongest X-class flare of 2013 so far, surpassing in strength the two X-class flares that occurred earlier in the 24-hour period. Activity Continues On the Sun “Solar activity continued on May […]
Solar storm incoming: Federal agencies provide inconsistent, confusing information, Washington Post “If NOAA’s right, and the ensuing geomagnetic storm is minor, it’s no big deal. It means the high latitudes could be treated to some brilliant auroras over the weekend with few, if any, negative effects on earth-orbiting satellites or the power grid. On the other hand, if NASA’s right, and the geomagnetic storm is strong to severe, Earth-orbiting satellites […]