Mercury, the smallest planet, and Jupiter, the largest planet, will meet on March 5 in a celestial event known as a conjunction. Here s how to spot the conjunction in the night sky and viewing tips from AccuWeather.
The space hurricane observed by the scientists in 2014 was a whopping 600 miles wide, which, according to the National Weather Service, is about twice the width of typical hurricanes that weather forecasters monitor.
In their study, the researchers associate hurricanes with strong energy and mass transportation, describing the effects of the space hurricane as a rapid energy transfer channel from space to the ionosphere and the thermosphere.
About seven years ago, a hurricane churned high above the North Pole. It was during the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, but this storm s eye did not touch the water, and it did not make landfall.
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AccuWeather: Northern lights may glow over parts of US this week
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Share: After years of slumber, a solar flare burst from the sun toward Earth is tempting a rare glimpse at the northern lights for areas farther south than normal and becoming the latest sign that the sun is waking up.
The solar flare erupted from the sun on Monday and produced a coronal mass ejection (CME) of plasma from the sun s atmosphere, which will interact with the Earth s atmosphere through Thursday. As a result, NOAA s Space Weather Prediction Center is forecasting a multi-day solar storm that is expected to peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning at G-3 intensity (strong) on a scale ranging from G-1 (minor) to G-5 (intense).
After years of slumber, a solar flare burst from the sun toward Earth is tempting a rare glimpse at the northern lights for areas farther south than normal and becoming the latest sign that the sun is "waking up."