Northern U.S. Faces ‘Severe’ Geomagnetic Storm, Likely Impacting Power Grids—Here’s What To Know
A severe geomagnetic storm may impact most of the northern continental ... Geomagnetic storms are a “major disturbance” of ...
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SpaceX, NASA to launch 1st mission to study aurora 'electrojets' in Earth's atmosphere
"EZIE is the first mission dedicated exclusively to studying the electrojets," Larry Kepko, an EZIE mission scientist at NASA ...
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A solar storm the size of the Carrington Event could knock out the backbone of the Internet
This interaction causes the magnetic field to distort and ... in March 1989. The storm caused the Hydro-Quebec electrical grid to collapse. During the storm, the high magnetically induced currents ...
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What Drives Earth's Magnetic Field?
When an electric current passes through a metal wire, a magnetic field forms around that wire (see diagram at right). Likewise, a wire passing through a magnetic field creates an electric current ...