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Was Phobos downed by the Sun or a technical flaw?
Did a catastrophic Solar Flare knock out Russia’s Phobos satellite? The fall of Russia’s Phobos space probe might have been caused by a solar flare, an intergovernmental commission reported to the Roskosmos state agency on Thursday. However, some experts have offered other versions of the crash. According to the commission, a cloud of plasma released during the November 4 solar flare remained active for the following 10 days and could have affected the probe’s launch. These experts believe that a technical or construction failure was … Continue reading
Solar flare disrupts flight communication
2012 Solar flare disrupts flight communication — and lights up night sky by David B. Nelson Jan 25, 2012 While 2012 prophets may interpret Sunday’s [January 22, 2012] massive solar flare activity as a sign of doomsday, scientists say not to worry, especially if you are lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the northern lights. But airlines are still urged to exercise caution. The flare was classified as a M8.7 Coronal Mass Ejection, a moderate event despite being called the biggest and strongest activity … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, airlines, CME, coronal mass ejection, doomsday, NASA, solar flare
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Solar Flare May Have Caused Fobos-Grunt Failure
2012 Solar Flare Eyed in Fobos Satellite Crash Moscow Times 27 January 2012 A powerful solar flare may have caused the failure of the Fobos-Grunt space probe that crashed this month, a space industry source told Interfax on Thursday. The device may have ended up in a cloud of plasma released during the solar event, and this is the main theory being considered by the commission investigating the probe’s technical failure, the source said. The commission investigating the failure has completed its work and will … Continue reading
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Solar flare space storm affects satellites and airlines
January 22, 2012 Solar Flare causes significant radiation storm but experts say most communication systems are unaffected Radiation from the largest solar flare in more than six years shouldn’t adversely affect communications or technology for most people on earth, experts say. Doug Biesecker, a physicist at the US Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado, said that while the solar flare has caused problems for some GPS systems, airline communications systems and satellites over the past day or two, most people around the world won’t … Continue reading
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Tagged radiation storm, Solar Cycle 24, solar flare, solar storm
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New Forecast: Sun’s ‘Superstorms’ Could Doom Satellites
One of the first images taken by SDO and still a favorite: A solar eruptive prominence as seen in extreme UV light on March 30, 2010. The superimposed image of the Earth gives a sense of just how large these eruptions can be. CREDIT: NASA/SDO Magnetic storms set off by the sun could pose a bigger threat than thought to weather, communication, military and other satellites close to Earth, with a potentially devastating economic impact, scientists suggest. In the new study, researchers found that solar … Continue reading
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Tagged catastrophe, magnetic storm, solar flare, superstorm
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Solar Megastorm Could Cripple Satellites for a Decade
Satellites not strong enough to withstand sun’s explosions, model shows. Earth-orbiting satellites are designed to withstand the sun’s explosions—but they may not be strong enough to ride out a solar “megastorm,” a new study says. If hit by a powerful onslaught of solar energy and particles, Earth’s atmosphere would be flooded with high-energy electrons accelerated to nearly the speed of light, according to a new computer model. This would hinder operations of low-Earth orbiting, or LEO, satellites. The satellites wouldn’t immediately start falling out of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, catastrophe, megastorm, solar flare, solar storm
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Solar flare could unleash nuclear holocaust across planet Earth
Forget about the 2012 Mayan calendar, comet Elenin or the Rapture. The real threat to human civilization is far more mundane, and it’s right in front of our noses. If Fukushima has taught us anything, it’s that just one runaway meltdown of fissionable nuclear material can have wide-ranging and potentially devastating consequences for life on Earth. To date, Fukushima has already released168 times the total radiation released from the Hiroshima nuclear bomb detonated in 1945, and the Fukushima catastrophe is now undeniably the worst nuclear … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Carrington Event, catastrophe, Fukushima, nuclear holocaust, power outage, solar flare
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NASA spacecraft observes new characteristics of solar flares
A new assessment of solar flares by a team led by CU-Boulder indicates some are more powerful and last longer than scientists had previously thought, findings that have implications for mitigating damage by solar storms to navigation and communication systems on Earth. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which is carrying a suite of instruments including a $32 million University of Colorado Boulder package, has provided scientists with new information that energy from some solar flares is stronger and lasts longer than previously thought. Using SDO’s Extreme … Continue reading
Did X-Class Solar Flares Cause San Diego Power Outage?
Major power outage hits from San Diego to New Mexico on Thursday — (TheWeatherSpace.com) Power is out from San Diego into Arizona, and New Mexico in spots, blamed on hot conditions in the Southern California desert. San Diego Gas and Electric spoke this evening when millions of people were affected with a power outage before 4 p.m. local time. The spokesperson states that “power will be restored soon as other plants come online” but does not have an approximate time for it. The internet is … Continue reading
Solar flares threaten to disrupt devices as sun enters active phase
It sounds like the makings of the next cheesy action flick: The sun begins spewing massive clouds of radiation and electromagnetic charges toward planet Earth. When they hit, they knock out power grids, GPS satellites, airline communications and incite nuclear meltdowns. But, in fact, scientists are warning that this may happen in the next few years, as the sun comes out of relative dormancy and begins emitting solar flares — the phenomenon most famous for creating the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis. The solar flare … Continue reading
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Tagged aurora borealis, catastrophe, power grids, Solar Cycle 24, solar flare
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