The effects of space weather are of huge concern to power and satellite companies, the airline and transportation industries as well as oil and gas pipeline and survey/drilling companies. Even the financial sector is becoming aware of space weather’s impact.| The Sun Today with Dr. C. Alex Young
The aurora borealis and aurora australis – often called the northern lights and southern lights – are common occurrences at high northern and southern latitudes, less frequent at mid-latitudes, and seldom seen near the equator.| The Sun Today with Dr. C. Alex Young
Space weather includes any and all conditions and events on the sun, in the solar wind, in near-Earth space and in our upper atmosphere that can affect space-borne and ground-based technological systems and through these, human life and endeavor.| The Sun Today with Dr. C. Alex Young
The solar wind is the continuous flow of charged particles from the sun that permeates the solar system. Learn what a solar wind is, and how it affects us here on Earth, Mars and beyond.| The Sun Today with Dr. C. Alex Young