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The beautiful visible manifestation [ of space weather ] is the northern lights that everyone loves — that's the nice, pretty part. But the consequences, as we found out on Friday, can be quite significant to some of these technologies.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The sun provides us with life, with heat and light. But periodically is emits a blast of radiation that affects us here on earth and it can occur in different forms. When it occurs it can affect the technology that we rely on here on Earth.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
When the eruption does occur, the coronal mass ejections that cause the northern lights, once they leave the sun, we have the ability to detect them, measure their size and speed and predict when they are going to get here with relative success.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Some of the big ones, you can bet your mortgage on it that you will see the aurora, but the smaller ones are a little tougher for forecast.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The sunspots are localized stressed magnetic structures on the sun that have the potential to erupt and release energy in the form of solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and when that occurs that radiation makes it's way to Earth and affects a lot of technology.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This radiation is the stuff that concerns us with the astronauts and a big concern for us as we press ahead with our goals to go back to the moon.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
For many people now who fly from the US to Asia, a lot of these flights go polar. These energetic particles, these radiation storms, when it hits Earth, these particles will slow down the magnetic field lines and concentrate in the high latitudes near the southern and northern pole.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Recovery time would be measured in hours or days typically. However, If we sustained large damage to the high voltage transformers, then that could lead to recovery measured in weeks or months.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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