European EGNOS System to Get Solar Storm Defenses

European EGNOS System to Get Solar Storm Defenses

ESA wants to make it “future-proofed,” officials announced in a statement

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 10th, 2012
Anniversary: RHESSI Turns 10, Sees 40,000+ Solar Flares

Anniversary: RHESSI Turns 10, Sees 40,000+ Solar Flares

This is one of the most prolific solar observatories out there

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 30th, 2012
MSL Tool Analyzes Latest Solar Flare in Detail

MSL Tool Analyzes Latest Solar Flare in Detail

The spacecraft is currently on its way to Mars

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 26th, 2012
Latest Solar Flare Caused Communications Blackouts

Latest Solar Flare Caused Communications Blackouts

Polar airline routes were used at a minimum, with extreme caution

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 24th, 2012
Impressive Storms Spotted on the Surface of the Sun

Impressive Storms Spotted on the Surface of the Sun

The SDO spacecraft managed to catch the event in the act

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 8th, 2011
Space Weather Predictions Critical for the Next Few Years

Space Weather Predictions Critical for the Next Few Years

The Sun is getting ready to reach a new solar maximum

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 7th, 2011
Coronal Mass Ejection Reveals Possibly-Cloaked UFO

Coronal Mass Ejection Reveals Possibly-Cloaked UFO

The object was accompanying Mercury in its orbit

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 6th, 2011
Solar Storms Can Erode the Lunar Surface

Solar Storms Can Erode the Lunar Surface

Coronal mass ejections have about the same effect, too

Sun Will Not Go in a Solar Minimum

Sun Will Not Go in a Solar Minimum

What will happen is still just a guessing game

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 26th, 2011
Anniversary: NASA STEREO Satellites Turn 5

Anniversary: NASA STEREO Satellites Turn 5

The twin spacecraft have proven their worth many times over

Video of Comet Impacting the Sun

Video of Comet Impacting the Sun

The ensuing explosion was apparently not its doing

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 10th, 2011
Sun Released Massive Flare on August 9

Sun Released Massive Flare on August 9

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 14th, 2011
Comet Disintegrates into the Sun

Comet Disintegrates into the Sun

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 26th, 2011
Space Weather Model Goes Online

Space Weather Model Goes Online

 
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