The Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere, stretches from the planet's core out into space, where it meets the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emitted by the sun. For the most part, the magnetosphere acts as a shield to protect ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
There's a "lump in the learning curve" for some organisations to overcome in the adoption and use of NoSQL databases. That's what James Tomkins, Met Office Portfolio Technical Lead, told Computing while discussing the organisation's use of ...
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EU navigation safety project Accseashas demonstrated automatic resilience against GPS jamming attacks in UK waters. The trials used data from eLoran, based on one of the navigation systems used before GPS was invented, to provide back-up ...
The insurance industry is looking at the possible effects of space weather on the world’s electronic systems. The issue arises, say the insurers, because space weather goes in 11 year cycles and severe events are expected in early ...
In 1859, there was a solar event so extreme that witnesses reported seeing brilliant lights, electrical flashes, red glows and other aurora events, even in the South. It was the lead story on Sept. 3 of that year in the Memphis Daily, ...
Tags: solar event, aurora, solar maximum, solar storm