Eclipse Day

If you are among the millions and millions looking forward to what should be a fun and educational event, enjoy the Eclipse.

NASA Captures Solar Flares

On May 13/14, the Sun blew off a series of three powerful solar flares, gigantic explosions equal to millions of nuclear bombs. These happened just over the side of the Sun, and present no danger to us on Earth. But NASA's SDO saw the whole thing.

Solar Storm Sends Flares to Earth

Scientists say he largest solar storm in five years is headed for Earth where its set to disrupt power grids and some communications systems.

The sun erupted Tuesday evening, and the most noticeable effects were to arrive here between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. EST Thursday, according to forecasters at the space weather center, with effects possibly lingering through Friday morning.

Things on earth that could be affected include power grids, GPS and communication devices and flight paths of airlines.