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Northern Lights: Earth-Facing ‘Hole In The Sun’ Could Trigger Auroras This Week
The Northern Lights or aurora borealis may be visible in the U.S. this week due to a coronal hole and a "co-rotating ...
'Severe Geomagnetic Storm' May Hit Earth Today: Everything You Need to Know
often accompanied by a solar flare of X-rays. If these CMEs hit the Earth, they can trigger geomagnetic storms in our ...
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A 'hole' 30 times Earth's size has spread across the sun, blasting solar winds that'll hit our planet by end of this week
A giant, black region of the sun — called a coronal hole — was ... The solar winds from this coronal hole are scheduled to reach Earth by the end of this week. "We will probably start seeing ...
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What would happen minute-by-minute if a SUPERFLARE hit Earth
The last time Earth was hit by a blast on this scale was ... the CME moves through the lower atmosphere of the sun. 'They're not as fast as X-rays, but these particles are very energetic so ...
Bengaluru to witness ‘Zero Shadow Day’ on April 24; here’s the science behind the phenomenon
Bengaluru anticipates Zero Shadow Day on April 24. The sun will be directly overhead. Vertical objects will cast no shadow.
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The solar wind, explained
It protects us from stray cosmic rays coming from elsewhere in the galaxy—but the effects of storms on the sun’s surface can also affect ... mass ejections—and if a big one happened to hit Earth, the ...
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Earth's orbit of the Sun
which is not perpendicular to Earth’s orbit. During winter, the North Pole is tilted away from the Sun’s rays. As the Earth travels around the Sun, the tilt gradually causes the northern ...