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Experiencing the Northern Lights
Like everyone else on social media, of course I went out to see the Northern lights with my roommate last Thursday. I expected something very cool to happen because I knew the scale of the geomagnetic storm we were experiencing was rare and only happens once every 40-50 years or so. What I didn’t expect Continue reading
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Aurora Borealis: Norse Myths and Solar Connections
The sun has had an exceptionally eventful year both with a solar eclipse that was one of the most widely viewed eclipses in North America. On top of this event, the sun is going through one of its stronger cycles wherein solar flares are hitting earth at magnitudes that have shut off tracking systems, satellites, Continue reading
