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Blackout-causing 'super' solar storms happen more often than we thought
The Weather Network via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoPowerful solar storms pose a great danger to our technologies here on Earth, and space weather...
Geomagnetic storm severe enough to bring northern lights to California?
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoA screen grab taken from a time-lapse sequence provided by NASA of a spot in the center of the sun....
A powerful solar storm is due to hit Earth on Wednesday, sparking beautiful auroras. Here's how to...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe northern lights spotted in Riverton, Wyoming on March 23, 2023NWS Riverton A powerful solar...
Solar storm is powerful enough to disrupt communications: Why NOAA says not to worry
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoAn uncommonly strong solar storm is hurtling toward Earth, bringing with it the power to disrupt...
A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and the internet – an electrical engineer...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoEvery few centuries the sun blasts the Earth with a huge amount of high-energy particles. If it were...
Historic Solar Storm Spurs PJM to Extend Geomagnetic Disturbance Warning
POWER Magazine via Yahoo Finance Canada· 2 months agoGrid operator PJM Interconnection has issued a geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) warning after observing...
The sun is getting more active than it has for a decade — and it could lead to power outages,...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe bright light of a solar flare on the left side of the sun in an image taken in June...
Will a solar storm wreak havoc on the internet?
The Week via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoThe sun. NASA via Getty Images You might have seen the rumors online, ironically enough. Tales of an impending "internet apocalypse" have been...
Nasa’s new AI gives ‘30 minutes of advance warning’ before killer solar superstorms strike Earth
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoNasa has built an artificial intelligence model to predict where on Earth an impending solar storm...
How a Solar Storm Could Bring Your Plane Crashing Down
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyA passenger jet is flying steadily over...