Someone spots random lights over Bray, Ireland on the 14th Feb 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Sun's First X - Flare in Four Years - jams satellite signals
A POWERFUL solar eruption that has already disturbed radio communications in China could disrupt electrical power grids and satellites used on Earth in the next days, NASA said.
The massive sunspot, which astronomers say is the size of Jupiter, is the strongest solar flare in four years, NASA said yesterday.
The Class X flash - the largest such category - erupted on Tuesday, according to the US space agency.
"X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events that can trigger radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms," disturbing telecommunications and electric grids, NASA said.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a large coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the flash that is blasting toward Earth at about 900km per second, it said.
The charged plasma particles were expected to reach the planet's orbit tonight. Continue reading
The massive sunspot, which astronomers say is the size of Jupiter, is the strongest solar flare in four years, NASA said yesterday.
The Class X flash - the largest such category - erupted on Tuesday, according to the US space agency.
"X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events that can trigger radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms," disturbing telecommunications and electric grids, NASA said.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a large coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the flash that is blasting toward Earth at about 900km per second, it said.
The charged plasma particles were expected to reach the planet's orbit tonight. Continue reading
Strange happenings during NASA Spacewalk
This camera captures some weird stuff during a recent NASA Spacewalk.
The flashes may just be debris but all the moving around confuses me - what was that?
Any idea and thoughts on this new footage.
The flashes may just be debris but all the moving around confuses me - what was that?
Any idea and thoughts on this new footage.
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