Thursday 8 March 2012

Biggest solar storm in years races toward Earth

Reuters: "A strong geomagnetic storm is racing from the Sun toward Earth, and its expected arrival on Thursday could affect power grids, airplane routes and space-based satellite navigation systems, U.S. space weatherNOAA has a chart that classifies these solar storms. This latest coronal mass ejection is forecast to rate as a "strong G3" geomagnetic storm, a measure of the disturbances in the geomagnetic field that helps protect the Earth from dangerous particles,This handout

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