Sunday, March 11, 2012
Someday, a Sun Storm Will Deliver More Than a Sky Show
Space weathermen forecast a slam-bang sun storm last week, but the promised thrill show of charged particles firing up temperate zone auroras sort of went pfffft. Not the weathermen's fault, of course. Like their meteorological counterparts called on to forecast atmospheric tempests, they freely admit they don't know everything about space weather. NOAA space weather expert Joe Kunches told NPR that figuring out the magnetic orientation of solar bursts headed our way
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