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NASA is Building a ‘Solar Shield’ to Protect Power Grids from Space Weather
They’re out there, biding their time. Waiting patiently. And when you least expect it, they’re going to plunge you and...
NASA Solar Probe Sets Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Literally
In a mission to learn more about the sun’s inner workings, NASA is planning to launch a specially shielded spacecraft...
Solar Storm Turns Communication Satellite to an Out-of-Control ‘Zombiesat’
A solar storm that smashed into Earth on April 5 went largely unnoticed by most of us down here on...
Astronomers Want You to Help Spot Dangerous Solar Storms
Only you can tip off scientists about coronal mass ejections
Massive Solar Storms of the Future Could Reap Katrina-Scale Devastation
If storms as strong as the biggest recorded in the last few two centuries, our electronics-dependent world of today could be in trouble
Comet Collides with Solar Storm
Solar storms affect Earth occasionally, if indirectly. The flares and tsunami-like waves that sweep over the sun’s surface can disable...
NASA’s Threesome
Prepare to be astounded: the image on the right is in . . . three dimensions Seven months after its...