A new analysis of Voyager 2's data from 1986 reveals that Uranus isn't anywhere near as sterile as researchers once thought.
A "severe" solar storm hit Earth on Sunday according to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, causing parts of the ...
The same can't be said of "space weather" from solar events, which can seriously affect satellites and even passenger planes.
The aurora borealis could be seen as far south as Alabama and California on Thursday night, and the surge of solar particles could extend into Friday too.
Strong geomagnetic storms can disrupt radio communications and power grids and even damage orbiting satellites. But they can also boost the auroras , also known as the northern and southern lights, ...
"During a solar storm, explosions on the solar surface, called coronal mass ejections (CMEs), emit high-speed charged ...
The event could cause glowing in the atmosphere and damage electrical infrastructure when it arrives, but we won't know the severity of the event until it's near.
A severe geomagnetic storm could disrupt communications and bring northern lights to parts of California, according to a warning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The only spacecraft to ever fly by Uranus, Nasa's Voyager 2, passed the seventh planet in the Solar System in 1986 - and the ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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.
If Voyager 2 had arrived a week earlier, it would have observed a completely different magnetospheric environment".
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