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More than a Dozen Nuclear Plants Near Hurricane Sandy’s Path Brace for Impact
“Because of the size of [Hurricane Sandy], we could see an impact to coastal and inland plants,” Neil Sheehan, a spokesman based in Philadelphia for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said by phone today.
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Megastorm Prompts State Emergencies and Mandatory Evacuations
As what some are calling the 'storm of the century' approaches, Governors of northeastern states are each declaring a state of emergency and demanding mandatory evacuations along the coastal areas
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Superflares from Sun-like Stars
NASA's Kepler mission is finding solar-type stars that emit jaw-dropping explosions of high-energy particles and radiation. Now astronomers are looking into why some solar-type stars emit superflares — and why the Sun never will
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Horrific Solar Explosions Spell Earth’s Doom
In the years leading up to the beginning of the next Ice Age, the sun is going through remarkable changes…changes that are having major impacts on Earth's weather, climate, volcanoes, and seismic activity. The
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Something New Spotted On The Sun
One day in the fall of 2011, Neil Sheeley, a solar scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., did what he always does – look through the daily images of the sun
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Fiery tornado five times the size of Earth erupts on sun’s surface – and scientists say 2 million degree whirlwind MUST play a role in triggering solar storms
A huge tornado five times the size of Earth erupted on the sun's surface, with superheated gases whirling at more than 100,000 miles per hour. The tornado is up to two MILLION degrees centigrade
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Photographer captures tiny ‘blemish’ on the sun – actually a planet-sized sunspot group buffeting Earth with solar storms
A photo snapped near Merida in Spain last week captured a tiny, innocent-looking 'spot' on the sun - actually a sunspot group many times the size of Earth blasting our planet with high-energy particles.
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We’re Underestimating the Risk of Human Extinction
Unthinkable as it may be, humanity, every last person, could someday be wiped from the face of the Earth. We have learned to worry about asteroids and supervolcanoes, but the more-likely scenario, according to
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Exploding Sun To Fuel 1000s Of Super-Tornadoes
When the sun becomes angry super spacestorms scour Earth. For the next 14 months the sun will be the angriest it's been since 1859. The massive storms electrify the geomagnetic field, affects the Arctic
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Large rotating sunpot unleashes X-class flare
Earth orbiting satellites have just detected an X1-class solar flare from sunspot AR1429. The flare peaked at 0413 UTC on March 5th. The sunspot has a ‘beta-gamma’ magnetic field that harbors energy for strong
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Cities blacked out for up to a year, $2 TRILLION of damage – with a 1 in 8 chance of solar ‘megastorm’ by 2014, experts explore the worst that could happen
There is a one in eight chance of a solar 'megastorm' before 2014, according to a Californian scientist - and other space weather experts agree that Earth is facing a burst of violent activity
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Massive sunspot that has DOUBLED in size in recent days could send solar storms careering toward Earth
A massive double-barrelled sunspot that has doubled in size in the past few days could now send a series of solar flares towards Earth. Though the severity of the disruption is yet unknown, some scientists
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