Tag: space weather
The future Sun’s Wrath monitoring satellite has a name!
At the end of a competition which took place from May to September 2021, the European Space Agency received 5,422 proposals to name its satellite dedicated to monitoring the Sun.…
In pictures, the destruction in the atmosphere of 40 SpaceX satellites following a solar storm
They were launched on February 3. The very next day, they were caught in a geomagnetic storm. 40 of the last Starlink SpaceX satellites could not be put into orbit.…
In pictures, the destruction in the atmosphere of 40 SpaceX satellites following a solar storm
They were launched on February 3. The very next day, they were caught in a geomagnetic storm. 40 of the last Starlink SpaceX satellites could not be put into orbit.…
A powerful solar storm could shut down the internet for weeks
No connection for 5 minutes and you’re lost? So imagine what your life would be like if the global internet network was down for several weeks! According to researchers, this…