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Also check the HobbySpace page with real or near real time images, charts and data displays for Aurora,Meteors & Fireballs:
Earth could be in for a shock, so to speak, if it is hit with a really major geomagnetic storm: The Biggest Threat to the Global Economy Could Come From Outer Space: If the sun sneezes, the economy will shatter – Niraj Chokshi/The Atlantic.
Keep an eye on the sun with a daily peek at the HobbySpace Sun and Space Weather page. Holds lots of real time images of the sun and data displays from solar monitoring satellites.
This video shows a NASA news briefing about a new solar wind research spacecraft, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), which will launch this month:
NASA hosts a news update about the June 26 launch of the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
IRIS is a NASA Small Explorer Mission to observe how solar material moves in a dynamic million-degree atmosphere that drives the solar wind around the Sun’s atmosphere. The region is the origin of most of the ultraviolet solar emission that impacts the near-Earth space environment and Earth’s climate.
Alan Boyle has posted a great collection videos of aurora borealis, which was especially brilliant over the weekend due to a solar storm: Watch the northern lights dance in these surprising time-lapse videos – Cosmic Log
Here’s one of them:
Bob Zimmerman gives his latest monthly update on the solar cycle: The Sun makes the scientists look good — for now! – Behind The Black