Question for science folks?

What scares you the most: Solar flares? Asteroids? Comets? The unknown Just wondering. For me, it’s probably solar fares… At least there’s the possibility we’d be hit with an asteroid by surprise, but a solar flare? …we got hours of knowledge before it strikes. The ‘knowing’ scares me more than the unknowns…

Solar flared out? …not the sun. A sunspot, 1263, is only getting bigger.. As a matter of fact, here is how SpaceWeather.com reports it: Behemoth sunspot 1263 has almost doubled in size this weekend. A 28-hour movie from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the spot developing a tail that has added some 50,000 km of length to … Read more

The solar flare wrap:  Solar storm hits earth with burst of beautiful night sky AurorasPower companies prepared Friday for the solar blast..GPS disruptions possible..NASA live: The geomagnetic storm is in progress..Amazing Northern Lights in Poland, and Maine, and Nebraska!Does your GPS still work?

The amazing Vesta: New amazing images of the surface of asteroid Vesta are leaving scientists stunned at what they are seeing.. They will have years of images to think.. ponder.. analyze.. and study. You will most likely be shocked too–if you even see them.. The team does not plan to post raw images online as other NASA … Read more

*Another* new study suggests that autism may be triggered in the womb

The latest in a number of theories as to what causes the distressing ailment to children..This theory is according a study by Stanford University.. They compared cases of autism in identical and fraternal twins and found that fraternal twins – who share only half of the same genes – have unusually high rates of autism. … Read more*Another* new study suggests that autism may be triggered in the womb