Tag result for article published on Wed March 07 2012 11:46 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aurora borealis, northern light, northern lights, solar flare, solar storm, sun spots
An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. Forecasters say the sun erupted Tuesday evening and the effects should start affecting Earth late Wednesday night. Solar flares release up to a billion tons of matter and may cause unusually large display of auroras, which may be [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue January 24 2012 7:07 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aurora borealis, northern light, solar flare, solar storm, sun spots
The Aurora Borealis, known as the Northern Lights, have been visible over Scotland and large parts of northern England. Report by Sophie Foster. facebook.com/itn The largest solar storm in seven years is expected to send solar wind and a shower of radioactive solar particles at the Earth at almost 1,400 miles — possibly peaking tonight [...]
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