Behold, is the sun in sackcloth? Take a look at these X-ray images of the sun, showing several massive coronal holes including the 1 million Km. wide coronal hole recently detected. http://sxi.ngdc.noaa.gov/sxi/servlet/sxibrowse# CREDIT: NOAA … [Read more...] about Is the Sun in Sackcloth?
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Gigantic New Sunspot 11 times the size of Earth Facing Our Planet
A new gigantic sunspot, AR1785, was just discovered! A free webcast by the online skyWatching website Slooh Space Camera will show it to us today. The webcast will begin at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) on July 9, 2013 and will last about 25 minutes. Watch for the webcast at the window above at start time when you click on the video link below. "Slooh Space Camera will take viewers … [Read more...] about Gigantic New Sunspot 11 times the size of Earth Facing Our Planet
Solar Maxima 2013 – Double peaked?
A science team consensus at NASA has issued a contradicting news concerning earlier scientific reports which expected a violent Solar Maximum peak in 2013. Instead of a steady stream of violent solar flares and magnetic solar storms as they were predicting earlier, solar physicist Dean Pesnell of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center now theorizes that the Sun may be having a … [Read more...] about Solar Maxima 2013 – Double peaked?
A visit from Apophis on January 9, 2013
Asteroid Apophis was discovered in 2004, and will make its visit to Earth tomorrow, Jan. 9, 2013, passing through Near Earth space within 0.1 AU which is 4,450,00 or 8,980,000 miles (AU means Astronomical Unit). Although presents nearly zero chance of striking Earth at this time, it is not so in 2036. In 2036, unless it changes its course, Apophis presents a 1-in-250,000 … [Read more...] about A visit from Apophis on January 9, 2013
Volcano Earthquake Watch – Issued By Solar Watcher
Coronal hole activity on the sun's corona has caused solar storms to impact the Earth magnetosphere and an Earthquake warning for Southern California has been issued. Watch the video below, to understand how sunspots and solar flare activity can cause strong Earthquakes on Earth. Volcano Earquake Warning [youtube KT1BVDEiEZg] CREDIT: Solar Watcher … [Read more...] about Volcano Earthquake Watch – Issued By Solar Watcher