Category Sun

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…

Alignment of moon, earth and sun to spark SUPERTIDES and bring flood chaos to Britain

SUPERTIDES will be triggered across Britain thanks to the extraordinary gravity field created when the sun, earth and moon align for the first time in two decades The supertide hits Essex Environment Agency experts have already issued 10 flood warnings…

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…

Earth could get just 12 hours’ warning of damaging solar storm

A new report presumably being optioned by Michael Bay demonstrates that Earthlings would have only 12-hours to prepare if a solar storm ever threatened our planet. The Guardian reports on the report from the Space Weather Preparedness Strategy’s fears of…

Earth’s protective shield ‘Magnetosphere’ is weakening

Earth’s protective shield is slowly weakening, allowing harmful solar winds to penetrate the atmosphere Earth’s protective shield is slowly weakening, allowing harmful solar winds to penetrate the planet’s atmosphere.   Known as the magnetosphere, this shield extends thousands of miles…