Recent content by CircuitBurner

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    Colossal X-class solar flare erupts from 'rule-breaking' sunspot and Earth is in the firing line (video)

    They don't want to scare us. Regardless, when the double X27 flares come at us, whoever is still alive 2 days after will get the Aurora treat of the millennium. Just stay underground until the fires all subside, and hope for openings in the smoke field to allow a glimpse of the sky. But hey...
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    Solar maximum is in sight but when will it arrive (and when will we know)?

    I accept what your saying. It's not like I'm claiming to know if all. It's something to consider based on personal experience. The choice of words might be sensationalized a bit. The red liquid getting bleached out so quickly on certain days but not on others really peaked my interest. It won't...
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    Solar maximum is in sight but when will it arrive (and when will we know)?

    Yes, it was amateur radio that brought my attention to the dynamics of our sun originally. Then from there I have watched somewhat consistently the ebbs and flows for many years now, thanks mainly to the space weather prediction pages by NASA. Of particular interest has always been the LASCO...
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    Solar maximum is in sight but when will it arrive (and when will we know)?

    Seriously, this is the 1st time in my 56 years that the 11 year solar cycle has gone rogue. The truth is we really have no control over the sun and what our star will do next. I find it curiously worrisome to observe our science institutions fraying at the edges not able to definitively dictate...
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    Watch a drone drop a microgravity capsule in 1st-of-its-kind experiment (video)

    The UAV mentioned was not a "quad copter", it is clearly a hexarotor or an octorotor...6 or 8 rotors, not 4.