Midnight Madness – The Shower that would shine up the sky!

‘Much awaited Meteor shower of the year’ You are probably thinking that what would happen tonight, right? If you happen to be a Space enthusiast, then tonight is your night. Call them ‘Shooting stars’ or ‘falling stars’ or what ever you like, it’s going to occur tonight. But the only rival this night would be the…

Now or Never: Transit of Venus!

It was Now or Never because if you missed it then chances are that it would happen after you are probably dead! What was it? It was the transit of Venus that is the second such phenomenon of the current century and most likely the last one. The last one happened in December 1874 and December 1882.…

Severe Solar storm striking Earth!

The Sun is experiencing an increased sunspots activity which is an 11-year cycle that is expected to acquire peak in 2013. Early this year, a solar storm was forecasted to affect satellite, communication and power stations though it was not fruitful. This geomagnetic storm has been rated as a strong G3 storm according to the National Oceanic…

Solar storm: Sun, Earth and the Northern Lights!

After 2005, the sun is burning like hell and things could not get any hotter than that, the largest solar storm after seven years is expected to send a shower of radioactive solar particles racing towards Earth at almost 1,400 miles a second this week. This massive and huge eruption could affect the GPS systems…