Earth-Facing sunspot approximately half the size of the spot that caused the Carrington Event, which is very significant. here’s the data from Spaceweather.com: SpaceWeather.com — News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids SOLAR WIND STORM IN PROGRESS: Earth has entered a stream of fast-moving solar wind […]
Solar Flare
Picture this: A billion-ton coronal mass ejection (CME) slams into Earth’s magnetic field. Campers in the Rocky Mountains wake up in the middle of the night, thinking that the glow they see is sunrise. No, it’s the Northern Lights. People in Cuba read their morning paper by the red illumination […]