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NASA Measures Impact of Huge Solar Flare on Earth's Atmosphere
March 23, 2012 — A key NASA instrument that can directly measure the impact of solar events on Earth's upper atmosphere has weighed in on the huge flare that impacted Earth last ... > full story -
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Plasma Flows May Shed Light on Predicting Sunspot Cycles
March 23, 2012 — A geophysics researcher wants to look inside the sun. More accurately, she wants to simulate the sun to study plasma flows associated with sunspot cycles. With the help of simulations scientists ... > full story -
Japan Shares Space Station SMILES Via Atmospheric Data Distribution
March 20, 2012 — Did you panic when you heard in recent news that two massive solar flares from the Sun were hitting Earth's atmosphere? The coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, typically produced by solar flares might ... > full story -
Flying Through a Geomagnetic Storm
March 13, 2012 — Glowing green and red, shimmering hypnotically across the night sky, the aurora borealis is a wonder to behold. Longtime sky watchers say it is the greatest show on Earth. It might be the greatest ... > full story -
Large Solar Flares Generate Geomagnetic Storm
March 8, 2012 — A pair of unusually large solar flares early March 7, 2012 generated a Coronal Mass Ejection that was expected to reach Earth around mid-day March 8. It will likely cause at least a strong ... > full story -
NASA Sees Second Biggest Flare of the Solar Cycle
March 7, 2012 — The leading edge of the first of two major coronal mass ejections will reach Earth at about 1:25 AM EST on the morning of March 8 (plus or minus 7 hours). Such a CME could result in a severe ... > full story -
Mysterious Electron Acceleration Explained: Computer Simulation Identifies Source of Aurora-Causing High-Speed Electrons in Space
February 28, 2012 — A mysterious phenomenon detected by space probes has finally been explained, thanks to a massive computer simulation that was able to precisely align with details of spacecraft observations. The ... > full story -
Sun Delivered Curveball of Powerful Radiation at Earth
February 1, 2012 — A potent follow-up solar flare, which occurred Jan. 17, 2012, just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection seen in nearly a decade, delivered a powerful radiation punch to ... > full story -
Sun Unleashes an X1.8 Class Flare on Jan. 27, 2012
January 30, 2012 — The sun unleashed an X1.8 class flare that began at 1:12 PM ET on January 27, 2012 and peaked at 1:37. The flare immediately caused a strong radio blackout at low-latitudes, which was rated an R3 on ... > full story -
Space Weather Center to Add World's First 'Ensemble Forecasting' Capability
January 27, 2012 — Leaner, greener flying machines for the year 2025 are on the drawing boards of three industry teams under contract to the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate's Environmentally Responsible ... > full story
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