08 September 2017
The solar systems most powerful auroras are still a mystery
On Earth, the northern lights are a spectacular to behold and the ...,000 electron volts. By comparison, the stunning snake-like northern and southern lights seen in places like northern Europe, Alaska and Canada need just several thousands of volts...
November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
...synchroton radiation would be photonic and in the wavelength of radio waves and microwaves, and possibly visible light causing a ‘Northern lights’ effect. Even if a severe event produced some X-rays or gamma rays it would be a lot better than letting...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
...Carrington event’. Telegraph offices were set on fire and the Northern Lights were seen as far south as Cuba and Hawaii. Had...and gamma rays streaming into space at the speed of light United Nations (UN) action to create the International Asteroid ...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
..., the famous ‘Carrington event’ created a surge of energy that set fire to telegraph offices and brought the Northern Lights down to the latitudes of Hawaii and Cuba. In 1859, it was only telegraph offices that could be affected, but...
