In November 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Richard F. Gordon, and ...
The same can't be said of "space weather" from solar events, which can seriously affect satellites and even passenger planes.
The sun’s magnetic activity causes auroras, and the relationship between solar flares and auroras reveals an 11-year cycle; ...
Solar flares are giant explosions that occur in a localized regions of the sun's atmosphere, typically originating from ...
During this time, it’ll throw out powerful solar storms, which are bursts of energy and particles from the Sun. If a big solar storm hits Earth, it could disrupt satellites, mess up GPS, and even ...
When the air is partly ionized, freely moving electrons slightly slow down the radio signals travelling to Earth from GPS and ...
A new analysis of Voyager 2's data from 1986 reveals that Uranus isn't anywhere near as sterile as researchers once thought.
That’s because the Lone Star State is in the wake of a solar panel boom. But not everyone who’s had them installed on their ...
The Changhua County Prosecutors’ Office has indicted 14 people, including mayors and representatives of the county’s Jhutang ...
The storms may affect a part of the Earth’s atmosphere that reflects radio waves used for communication, leading to radio ...
Experts say they now know even less about a typical day on Uranus, and need a second spacecraft to visit the planet in order to find out more.