Further Reading

Thursday, 29 March 2012

'Climate change' in the sun could leave Earth at the mercy of violent solar storms and cosmic ray blasts - and our aircraft may not be built to cope.

The magnetic field around the sun is set to change in the next decades - cutting down the number of sunspots and explosive solar events. But the events that DO occur will be more damaging - and our aircraft and spacecraft may not be able to cope, an expert has warned. Changes in the Sun's magnetic field could also leave our planet more exposed to galactic cosmic rays - and people in planes and spacecraft would bear the brunt of this alien radiation...>>>...read more...