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Space weather is a growing threat. This new NASA center aims to help protect us
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSpace is a dangerous place, especially when it comes to high-energy particles, and intense solar...
New computer models can help protect Earth against dangerous solar storms, scientists say
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHighly energetic particles released during solar storms, a type of radiation, can be hazards to...
CERN particle collider reboot unrelated to solar eclipse
AFP via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoSocial media posts suggest a connection between the reboot of the world's largest particle collider...
A once-in-century solar storm could fry power grids and knock out satellites. Here's why scientists...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA long solar prominence erupting off the surface, taken by the Solar Dynamic Observatory on August...
'Internet apocalypse': How NASA's solar-storm studies could help save the web
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe emergence of an impending solar storm has brought with it the remote possibility that within the...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies through major coronal mass ejection — and survives to tell the tale
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWisps of bright white and grey-scale gas and embers whiz by against the black of space. Coronal mass...
Fact Check: The Truth About the 'Harmful Cosmic Radiation' That Will Supposedly Pass Close to Earth...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoGetty Images Claim: Dangerous cosmic rays will pass near Earth tonight, causing harm to those who...
Did a solar flare cause the AT&T outage? Here's what we know
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAfter a nationwide outage Thursday left tens of thousands of frustrated AT&T and Verizon customers...
Massive explosions from the sun pose a radioactive triple threat to the moon, Earth, and Mars
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA picture of the sun taken on May 18 shows a powerful solar flare being released.SDO/NASA An...
Powerful solar flares are possible today. Here's what to know.
CBS News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe strongest category of solar flares, known to potentially cause worldwide transmission problems...