Category NASA

The White House is preparing for catastrophic solar flares

A big enough solar flare could wipe out electricity on Earth. The White House announced Thursday it wants to be ready (AP Photo/NASA) If a giant solar flare hit the Earth, it could knock out the entire power grid, meaning…

Fears for airline passengers as an ‘urgent’ investigation is launched into the effects of cosmic rays from the sun on planes Air

Airline passengers could be vulnerable to the effects of cosmic rays from the sun during a massive solar storm, a new report has found.   The Government has ordered Public Health England to conduct an ‘urgent’ investigation into the repercussions…

Is the Earth’s protective magnetic field about to DIE? Study finds fading forces are far older than thought

Earth’s magnetic field has been a life preserver, protecting against relentless solar winds, streams of charged particles rushing from the Sun, that otherwise could strip away the planet’s atmosphere and water.   ‘It would be a pretty barren planet without…