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March 11, 2012 by THE COAL SPEAKER

Pretty cool stuff (and maybe scary if you’re a power grid) The latest solar flare and CME.. heading towards us.

September 6, 2011 by THE COAL SPEAKER

An amazing flare fires off the sun .. M5.3 class.. earth directed.. Developing.

Question for science folks?

August 8, 2011 by THE COAL SPEAKER

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…

This past week’s solar storm delivered only a glancing blow to earth– but delivered a warning of impending doom in the future.

June 11, 2011 by THE COAL SPEAKER

Maybe next year. Two years..20 years.100 years. No matter what year, it will happen someday, some time, in the future. Near or far. And boy do we hope it is indeed far, far away. This past week’s solar storm delivered only a glancing blow to earth– but delivered a warning of impending doom in the … Read moreThis past week’s solar storm delivered only a glancing blow to earth– but delivered a warning of impending doom in the future.

FLARE!

June 7, 2011 by THE COAL SPEAKER

STARING AT THE SUN: POWERFUL ERUPTION UNLEASHEDAn alert by the NOAA-operated Space Weather Prediction Center stated that the solar flare could create a strong geomagnetic storm on Wednesday (June 9)

As the sun becomes active.. be alert

March 27, 2011 by THE COAL SPEAKER

We need more lerts. And The Solar Dynamics Observatory has released a new video of a very active sun.. A ‘sun tentacle’ was seen.. You can always find the latest and greatest–or not so great–news on solar eruptions and other space news on SpaceWeather.com.. It’s worth a visit..

February 28, 2011 by THE COAL SPEAKER

Talk about dodging a bullet.. Earth did just that .. A monster solar flare spewed for 90 minutes but it was not directed at earth. The raw images from the video are startling..

February 19, 2011 by THE COAL SPEAKER

While the most recent solar flare had little impact on earth besides beautiful photos in some areas, the sunspot activity in 1158 has not stopped yet And now a new cluster of 1161-1162 has erupted..Here are ten ways in which Google runs the world..