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NAM 12: Scientists see solar outburst in exquisite detail

ras.org The largest disturbances to the Earth’s geomagnetic environment occur when it is buffeted by solar material hurled in our direction by explosive changes in the Sun’s atmosphere. These Coronal...

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Solar Storms Season Heating Up

thewatchers Sunspots — cooler regions fraught with intense magnetic fields — now regularly dot the surface of the sun, and the star has unleashed several powerful flares in recent months, including a...

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NASA issues warning of solar superstorm 2012: One billion could die

helium Could a superstorm generated by the sun destroy civilization as we know it in 2012? No less than NASA thinks it’s a distinct possibility. In a remarkable move the normally conservative US space...

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Solar Threat: We’ll Have Minutes to Respond; Government Plans Controlled...

shtfplan While many will claim that solar storms are an unrealistic threat to our world, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom aren’t taking any chances. According to a report put...

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Solar Activity Intensifying

Dr. Mark Sircus, Contributing Writer Activist Post On June 7th, Dr. C. Alex Young from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center woke to an email from a friend saying, “I have never seen anything like this...

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New Cyber Attacks Will Target Power Grids And Major Public Works

businessinsider Russian turbine before the accident Image: wikipedia commons Commander of the new U.S. Cyber Command General Keith Alexander said Tuesday that he’s most concerned about attacks...

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Anonymous ‘may soon be able to hack into power grid’, warns US national...

telegraph The Anonymous hacking group may soon have the ability to launch an attack on global power networks, a US official has warned. Anonymous has no official spokesman but the claims were...

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Solar storm headed toward Earth may disrupt power

yahoo WASHINGTON (AP) — The largest solar flare in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. The...

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Severe space weather: How big a threat?

computerworld.com CSO – Last week a dark spot on the Sun, nearly the size of Jupiter, let go with a massive solar eruption. For a number of days thereafter, scientists around the world waited to see if...

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EMP attack on power grid could take down DOD systems, experts warn

gcn.com Defense systems that depend on the commercial electric grid are vulnerable to electromagnetic pulse attacks and solar storms that could seriously damage the nation’s infrastructure, experts...

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