Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 01/ 23/ 12 11:11 pm

Planes expected to reroute following massive solar eruption

Published January 23, 2012

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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 01/ 23/ 12 11:12 pm

Astronauts in Space Safe from Huge Solar Radiation Storm
http://www.space.com/14322-solar-radiat ... nauts.html
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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 01/ 24/ 12 2:20 pm

Aurora borealis expected from massive solar storm


By Amina Khan, LA Times January 24, 2012 10:31 AM

LOS ANGELES — A massive explosion on the sun's surface, which has triggered the largest solar radiation storm since 2005, is expected to trigger an "amazing" show of aurora borealis, or northern lights, scientists say.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration detected a solar flare on Sunday night that peaked at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time. NOAA satellites traced the bright flash of X-ray light to an area on the sun's surface known as region 1402 — the same area that had produced a weaker flare on Thursday. A coronal mass ejection — which can hurl billions of tons of plasma at to 5 million miles an hour — quickly followed.

Although the flare unleashed a torrent of charged plasma particles toward Earth, the threat to satellites, power grids and other high-tech hardware is believed to be manageable, scientists said.

Radiation from the explosion arrived at Earth within hours of the flash, said Doug Biesecker, a physicist with NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colo. A burst of charged plasma particles is expected to reach Earth by 9 a.m. Tuesday. That charged plasma is travelling uncommonly fast, making the 93 million-mile trip to Earth in about 34 hours, rather than taking two or more days, as is usually the case, Biesecker said.

Sunday's radiation storm is the strongest since May 2005, when another happened that was perhaps 10 per cent larger, Biesecker said. Based on the amount of radiation emitted, both storms measure about a three on a scale of one to five.

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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 01/ 24/ 12 3:19 pm

Solar storm underway: ‘A taste of what’s going to come’ next year
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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 01/ 24/ 12 11:04 pm

Celestial Stunner: Venus to Cross Face of Sun This Year

http://www.space.com/14311-2012-venus-t ... une-5.html
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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 01/ 25/ 12 2:50 pm

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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 01/ 25/ 12 3:24 pm

Coronal aurora over Fairbanks, Alaska (January 22, 2012)
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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 01/ 30/ 12 11:18 am

Our Planet's Killer Electrons Shoot Toward Space, Not Earth
http://www.space.com/14400-killer-elect ... space.html
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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 02/ 12/ 12 12:51 pm

Sun points a loaded gun at us
As solar activity builds toward an expected peak in 2013, a double-barreled sunspot has been doubling in size over the past couple of days and now has the potential to shoot significant eruptions in our direction.................http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 ... -gun-at-us
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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 02/ 12/ 12 7:12 pm

Massive sunspot that has DOUBLED in size in recent days could send solar storms careering toward Earth

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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 02/ 17/ 12 11:27 am

Aurora Oddity: Northern Lights Display Dazzles Without Big Sun Flare
For reasons scientists can't yet explain, the northern lights blazed up in a dazzling display this week, despite the apparent lack of a major solar flare typically associated with these celestial light shows....................http://www.space.com/14603-photos-stran ... splay.html
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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 02/ 17/ 12 11:00 pm

Surprises from SOHO Include Tornadoes on the Sun
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/news/tornadoes.html

Giant "Tornadoes" Seen Erupting from the Sun
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... adoes.html
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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 03/ 06/ 12 11:41 am

Sun Erupts With Major Solar Flare
SPACE.com Staff
Date: 05 March 2012 Time: 10:04 AM ET
http://www.space.com/14780-sun-storm-so ... ption.html
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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 03/ 07/ 12 12:53 pm

Sun Unleashes Huge Solar X5 Flare; Possible Earth-Bound Solar Storm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/cap ... _blog.html

Strong S3 Radiation Storm Now in Progress – Ratings Defined Here
http://www.solarham.com/

Chance of a Catastrophic Solar Storm Is 1 in 8; Would Take Down Power Grid, Food Transportation, Water Utilities, Financial Systems, Report
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/r ... s_03062012

In 48 Hours Sun Rips Off 11 M-Class and 3 X-Class Flares

http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/propagation.html
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Re: Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Postby styky » 03/ 08/ 12 12:48 pm

Biggest Solar Storm in Years Is Bombarding Earth Now
by Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer
Date: 08 March 2012 Time: 01:25 AM ET

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