Science May 05 What a massive solar flare on a nearby star could mean for alien life By R. O. Parke Loyd, The Conversation
Nation Sep 13 5 important stories you may have missed There are more drug overdose deaths than we thought, China is phasing out the production of gas-powered vehicles and other news you might have missed. By Erica R. Hendry, Larisa Epatko, Jenny Marder
Science Oct 29 There’s a giant spot on the sun, and it’s acting weird The giant spot on the face of the sun has scientists scratching their heads. By the time it rotated into our view, it was already 80,000 miles wide, big enough to fit all of Jupiter, big enough to lay 10… By Jenny Marder
Nation Aug 07 The $2 trillion economic risk you haven’t heard about Beyond Earth's atmosphere lurks a threat that could knock out our electrical grid and cause catastrophic structural, not to mention economic, damage. The risk within the next decade is about as great as that of another earthquake shaking California. So… By Donald Goldsmith
Science Apr 06 NASA sets solar flare images to music NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has released dramatic video of a "mid-level" solar flare from April 2. [youtube:http://youtu.be/_8yPQEE2Dnk] Flares are short, powerful bursts of radiation emitted from the sun's surface. NASA says the radiation cannot penetrate the Earth's atmosphere, but on rare… By News Desk
Apr 04 Staring at the Sun By Jenny Marder As the sun enters its stormy season, and as GPS systems and electricity networks become increasingly vulnerable to solar eruptions, NASA scientists are working to better understand the mysteries of space weather. Continue reading