Article: NASA to Discuss Solar Storm Tracking Efforts Today

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NASA will hold a press conference today (Aug. 18) to discuss "new details about the structure of solar storms and the impact they have on Earth," space agency officials said in a statement.

The briefing this week will review new observations from several NASA spacecraft, including the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (Stereo), that currently keep a close eye on the sun, agency officials said in the statement released today (Aug. 16). [Stunning Photos of Solar Flares & Sun Storms]

http://www.space.com/12649-nasa-sola...-thursday.html

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Power cuts threat as sun storm hits earth

A huge mass of electrically-charged particles thrown out by a gigantic eruption on the Sun is due to strike the Earth tonight.

But experts say that over the next two days the Northern Lights may be seen at latitudes as low as Florida and Texas - and even south enough to cover the whole of Europe.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...its-earth.html

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Re: Article: NASA to Discuss Solar Storm Tracking Efforts Today

this is incredible. I wonder if they are alluding to in a round-about-way the comet Elenin making it's approach soon?

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Re: Article: NASA to Discuss Solar Storm Tracking Efforts Today

I guess we'll find out in a little over a hour. If anyone wants to watch it live on the internet, link from spaceweather.com
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

[Guest]

Re: Article: NASA to Discuss Solar Storm Tracking Efforts Today

well I watched it, they really didn't say much other than the technology and ability to track the storms are better now.