How space weather could cause TRAIN DELAYS
Researchers from Lancaster University have revealed how solar storms can interfere with railway signals, turning them from red to green even if there are no trains nearby.
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Researchers from Lancaster University have revealed how solar storms can interfere with railway signals, turning them from red to green even if there are no trains nearby.
A solar eruption expected to pass by Earth TODAY could spark minor geomagnetic storms lasting days, the MetOffice has warned. It is the result of a slow-motion solar flare from Monday
A coronal mass ejection which erupted from the sun last Saturday (May 7) could strike Earth's magnetic field today, according to experts at US-based website SpaceWeather.com.
Sunspots are dark regions of the Sun where it is cooler than other parts of the surface. Solar flares originate close to these dark areas of the star.
A pair of huge sunspot swarms, some large enough to devour the Earth's hole, have appeared on the sun's surface, raising the chances of an intense solar storm.