Space Weather

[tirolski]

Oh well.

The space weather prediction center is in Boulder

https://twitter.com/x/status/1988532096650883219

 

[tirolski]

Meanwhile across the pond:

UK braced for what could be the largest solar storm in over two decades - British Geological Survey

Intense geomagnetic activity could disrupt technology such as communication systems, global positioning systems and satellite orbits.

www.bgs.ac.uk

 

[tirolski]

Here’s a blast from the past.

Hotty Toddy

 

[tirolski]

Chemical& Engineering News wrote a piece recently about space weather.

What causes space weather and how does it affect Earth?

The aurora borealis is a spectacle of space weather, but solar flares and coronal mass ejections have far more Earthly impacts

cen.acs.org

 

[tirolski]

So a couple dudes sit down to talk & answer questions about the sun.
One is an expert in MRI and has flipped into astrophysics.
One is an expert on chips (not the tasty kind) whose Dad worked for GE & designed satellites.