Topic: geomagnetic storms
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How to Photograph the Northern Lights in St. Louis This Week
Residents of Missouri and Illinois can witness the aurora borealis this week due to intense geomagnetic storms, which occur when solar particles interact with Earth's magnetic field, creating vibrant colors but potentially disrupting technology. The northern lights, visible in countryside areas a...
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Capture the Northern Lights with Your Android Phone
Intense geomagnetic activity has made the Northern Lights visible far beyond their typical Arctic range, offering a rare viewing and photographic opportunity in regions like the United States. Modern smartphone cameras, especially using specialized modes like Astrophotography on Pixels or Night/M...
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Ride a Cosmic Carpool to a Distant Space Weather Post
A $1.6 billion trio of scientific missions launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to a point nearly a million miles from Earth, using a shared "cosmic carpool" approach to maximize scientific return. NOAA's satellite will provide real-time solar wind data to forecast geomagnetic storms that threate...
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SpaceX Launches NASA Satellites to Study Space Weather Origins
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two NASA satellites for the TRACERS mission, which will study Earth's polar cusps to understand space weather phenomena like auroras and geomagnetic storms. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections can disrupt GPS, communications, and power grids, as seen in past ...
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Solar Flare Delays Jeff Bezos' New Glenn Rocket Launch
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launch was postponed due to a powerful solar storm, which could interfere with satellite functions and prompted NASA to delay sending its ESCAPADE probes to Mars. NASA, as the mission customer, decided to wait for improved space weather to protect the spacecraft's s...
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