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We’re currently a few years into the 25th studied solar cycle. An 11-year period of sun activity, this solar cycle is more active than previously expected.
NASA, NOAA and SpaceWeather say a coronal mass ejection will reach Earth this week. It has the potential to knock out communications in some parts of the world.
Every few centuries the Sun blasts the Earth with a huge amount of high-energy particles. If it were to happen today, it would wreak havoc on technology.
Space weather can affect satellites in a number of different ways, from frying electronics to increasing drag in the atmosphere.
Has the Sun entered a stage of old age?
The Lagrange mission could greatly improve forecasts of space weather.
The Earth’s magnetic field lines whistle after solar outbursts.
The wired Earth of the 21st century is at the mercy of the volatile nature of the sun.
At a time in the sun’s cycle when space weather experts expect less solar activity, our star is going bonkers with solar flares and coronal mass ejections. What effects will Earth feel?
The Parker probe will go closer to the sun than any other spacecraft has dared go before – literally touching it.
Our growing dependency on satellites for all forms of communication has made the problem of space weather even more acute.
Life on Earth may have started with a bit of sunshine and showers, followed with a light breeze of laughing gas and a sprinkle of hydrogen cyanide.
It’s the windiest place in the entire solar system – and these storms can be felt here on Earth.
Astrophysicists found out after the January 2014 solar flare that their predictions of solar weather were not very accurate. Here’s the fix (kind of).
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Professor of Physics, UCL
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Professor of Astrophysics Education, The Open University
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Dundee
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Leverhulme Trust Fellow in Mathematics, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Researcher in Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
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Lecturer and STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow, Queen's University Belfast
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Research Officer, RMIT University
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Research Professor of Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Lecturer in Space Risks, UCL
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Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University
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Estudiante de Doctorado en Astrofísica, Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC)
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Profesor Titular de Universidad, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
