Two-day Radio Blackout Triggered by Sunspot AR3664's Solar Flare Radiation Storm: How Will Future Solar Flares Impact Global Communications?

Medicine & Technology Jun 15, 2024

Learn about the two-day radio blackout triggered by Sunspot AR3664's solar flare radiation storm. Discover how future solar flares could impact global communications. Read more!

Moderate Sun Exposure Could Improve Female Fertility Outcomes, Study Suggests

Feb 27, 2024

A new study suggests that being moderately exposed to solar radiation could improve female fertility. Read to learn more.

Spacecraft Hardening: Fortifying Technology Against Solar Radiation

Jul 21, 2023

Radiation hardening protects spacecraft from the harmful effects of solar radiation during space missions. Read on to know how they work.

Biden Opens Doors to Geoengineering Atmospheric Chemical Altering Plan To Block Sunlight To Limit Global Warming

Jul 03, 2023

Solar radiation modification uses geoengineering to make atmospheric chemical alterations to limit sunlight. Read to learn more.

Solar Panels Explained: How Do They Work?

Jun 19, 2023

Solar panels are filled with tiny photovoltaic cells that enable sunlight to be converted into energy. Read to learn more.

Solar Radiation Greatly Affects Small Moon Iron Nanoparticles; Here Is What It Means

Aug 23, 2021

Asteroids and solar radiation both tear down lunar rocks and soil, resulting in iron nanoparticles that may be detected by sensors aboard orbiting spacecraft.

Earth's Magnetic Field Have A 200 Million-Year-Long Cycle As Found From Rock Samples in Ancient Lava

Aug 22, 2021

Scientists have previously noticed that the Earth's magnetic field seems to decay periodically, but the reason was unidentified before. The new study confirms that it indeed weakens every 200 million years.

Cloud Simulations Reveal That Solar Geoengineering is Not a Long-Term Solution to Global Warming

Nov 18, 2020

Solar geoengineering, or reflecting the Sun's radiation back to space, is one of many proposed solutions to global warming. However, cloud simulations revealed that in the long-term, there may be devastating consequences.

Interesting Particles Look Like Snow In Space

Nov 08, 2015

NASA scientists thought that flurry images that look like snow are actually fast moving energetic particles, which NASA calls solar radiation storm that hit an instrument on Solar and Heliospheric Observatory on Oct. 29, 2015.

X-Class Solar Flare Headed for Earth: Are We Safe?

Oct 27, 2014

The most active sunspot in the last two decades is currently churning out solar flare after solar flare and they are all aimed directly at Earth.