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Space weather
New Early-Warning System Could Protect Earth From Explosive Space Weather
The sun can erupt with flares more energetic than 30 billion times the yield of all nuclear weapons ever detonated.
Scientists at Work: Space Balloons and Charged Particles Above the Arctic Circle
I research space weather. That’s how physicists describe how storms on the sun end up affecting us here on Earth.
Damaging Electric Currents in Space Affect Earth’s Equatorial Region, Not Just the Poles
The Earth’s magnetic field – known as the “magnetosphere” – protects our atmosphere from the “solar wind.”
How to Protect Planes and Passengers From Explosions on the Surface of the Sun
Air travel today is extraordinarily safe. Despite the high profile downings of MH370 and MH17, aviation magazine Flightglobal found 2014 to be the safest ever year of air travel.
