Category Sun

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…