The most recent major solar storm to hit the planet was a century ago There are fears that a major solar superstorm event could have a devastating impact on the planet – and the impact a major space weather event could have isn’t even fully understood. A solar storm happens when the sun gives off […]
4 years ago
Beware the Black swan! The world could be plunged into an “internet apocalypse” because of a once in an approximately 100-year solar storm, a new study suggests. Normally, the Earth’s magnetic field shields us from solar wind – charged particles streaming from the sun – by deflecting the electric winds towards the planet’s poles and […]
4 years ago
We all have to become sky and stargazers for the next month. Why? Because from January 20 to February 20, all five visible planets will sit in a line from the horizon to the moon for the first time since 2005. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will appear in a line, visible to the […]
10 years ago