New data from NASA's SORCE satellite is giving scientists the idea that variations in the level of ultraviolet emissions from the Sun could be the reason for recent bitterly cold spells in the past 3 winters. Allowing for the well documented 11 year …
On September the 1st 1859 a British astonomer called Richard Carrington observed one of the most powerful solar storms to have occurred in the last couple of centuries. It was so big in fact that it was visible to the naked eye (under the right condi…
Nasa's final Endeavour mission has been delayed because of an electrical failure in a switchbox connected to a hydraulics power unit. The repairs are complex and will take some time. The launch of an Atlas rocket on 6 May at Cape Canaveral, further c…