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Strong Solar Storms Predicted

Posted by michael on from the button-up-your-overcoat dept.

capedgirardeau writes "Space.com reports about some very large coronal mass ejections, huge magnetic eruptions, coming from the Sun that started late Wednesday evening. "The activity is expected to generate colorful aurora, or Northern Lights into the northern U.S. states and much of northern Europe." Potential disruptions to communications, but hopefully a good show."

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  1. Watch the electron flux... by OneOver137 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    it causes all kinds of problems on non-hardened space vehicles by setting up external charging and current on the surface which can leak inside, causing Single Event Upsets (SEUs) with on-board computers, or worse. The current solar cycle is proving to be very interesting and the effects on space vehicles has been unprecedented.